Rabies from an insect who was eating a dead animal??

[WorryRaptor]

Hey, thanks a lot for answering. I read that insects don't carry it and i get they don't transmit it, but i feel like i am that unlucky person who in some way got rabies and that insects needle was containing rabies saliva and when it bit me, it injected rabies saliva too. But then my logical side says this ain't a movie wake up but then something tells me that something bad is gonna happen and you caught this virus. The only thing worrying me is this bump thing, looks like a pimple thing and i am scared this is where the insect bit me.

Can i ask you a question? What if it was not an insect but a bat?? It was around 6pm and very light and very sunny and hot outside, Could they extend their necks and bite or they have to land on you, cling on you then bite and i should have noticed it biting my arm right??? Thanks again

By the way, i found the picture of that thing and took a picture of the "bite" mark, if you can, take a look, thx
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You seem to be worried about mechanical transmission (like an insect getting it on legs/mouth then biting you) - it's not possible. The rabies virus is incredibly fragile outside the host, and even in the tiny tiny tiny tiny chance (never ever heard of, ever) that a fly walked or fed on the saliva of a dead rabid animal, they simply wouldn't pick up enough of the virus. It needs a certain load to multiply. Think about the millions and millions of flies that are in the world, regularly feeding on dead animals and going off and biting/stinging/annoying people. If it were remotely possible, there would be cases popping up like crazy. That's not happening.

I could explain more why it can't happen, but with this kind of phobia, your brain will immediately want to jump to next scenario where you're the single unlucky person for the impossible to happen to. I have been there, and I know the dread you're feeling.

In short, insects can't carry, transmit, or transport the virus.

You got bitten by a bug, and there's a huge chance that bug was nowhere near the thing in the photo either, not that it would even matter it was. It would have no interest in biting you if it was busy with something dead and rotting. Not to mention that, it's sunny out, so anything with that UV glaring down on it would be as dead as the poor creature that perished on the porch. Bats wouldn't be out flying at that time either. No they can't extend their necks to bit your arm mid flight. Bats just aren't physically designed for that. They would need to land to bite, and you would 100% see them doing it.

Are you currently getting any therapy etc for the OCD?