Blue bugs.. Ever seen these before?

ashr · Apr 30, 2018

So we noticed some of these purple bugs on the base of some SPS colonies that our friend has. They seem to lay their eggs in random spots and not clumped together. The bugs are a bright blue/purple and their eggs are orange.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Crabs McJones · Apr 30, 2018

Never seen those before, @Lovemyreef2015 any ideas on these little guys? Flatworms of some sort?

Maggie321 · May 1, 2018

I am admittedly not good at pest ID, but im going to give this a bump up and follow along. How come i never get an alien hitchiker... I want blue bugs! But only if they are good.

Crabs McJones · May 1, 2018

#reefsquad

Lovemyreef2015 · May 1, 2018

They do look like a type of flatworm. I been looking to pinpoint what type but there are so many. Looks similar to a blue splendid flatworm. They are just so small it's really hard to tell.

ashr · May 1, 2018

Lovemyreef2015 said:
They do look like a type of flatworm. I been looking to pinpoint what type but there are so many. Looks similar to a blue splendid flatworm. They are just so small it's really hard to tell.

They are so tiny.. they look kinda round and plumpy so I wasnt sure they would be a flatworm but they move around like them. Really hard to say. If I see more, ill grab a better pic and update this

Any help is welcome.

thanks all !