As the Russians say, “Медведь ему на ухо наступил.” (“A bear stepped on his ear.”)

If only the Bugbear of our mythology looked something similar to this, instead of looking like the three-way bastard lovechild of Bigfoot, Conan the Barbarian, and the Inredible Hulk.
 
A man can dream, though…

@d3me  
To me the name doesn’t fit as “Bugbear” is a “Boogeyman” and I’m a native English speaker.  
I like a fitting pun and all but there are time the pun doesn’t make sense.

@Wyvrex21  
Have you read 1st page of comments and saw the image? It is obvious now, yes, but it was not when we had only a trailer. This creature is looking like cross between bear (or even panda) and a wasp (notice the sting, do you know any bug with the sting?).  
Yeah, I understand that most Americans (and even some other English-speakers) refer to any insect as “a bug”, but still it felt kinda wrong. Or maybe it’s just because I’m not particularly good in English.

@Wyvrex21  
Some did say bugbear, you need to look at comments more.

@d3me  
And the original mythological Bugbear is just a generic Boogeyman said to snatch up naughty children; actually, it’s sort of the original Boogeyman, as the words “Boogeyman” and “Bugaboo” are actually derived from the same root words that make up “Bugbear.”
 
That aside, when the FiM world has Timberwolves that are actually made of wood and Fruit Bats that actually look like fruit, I’m honestly surprised and kinda ashamed/ disappointed that neither I nor anyone else was able to guess that this thing was going to be a visual pun on a Bugbear prior to the episode’s airing.

I think from now on, I’ll just call him Justin.

@Wyvrex21  
But in D&D it is just a bulky goblinoids with the bear features and fur.

@Background Pony #CC61  
It’s actually a surprisingly valid pun considering there is an actual mythological entity known as a Bugbear (the thing even has its own entry in the D&D Monster Manual).

How I wish they had called it a Bumble Bear. Bugbear is just so blase.

Bee-polar bear?

I don’t care what you guys think, this was rather clever.

@Wyvrex21
 
Damn…

Surprisingly enough, there is an actual mythical creature that has almost this exact same origin: the Myrmecoleon (literally “Ant-Lion,” though not to be confused with the actually real antlion insect). Said to be the result of a lion mating with an ant, the Myrmecoleon is a hybrid monstrosity doomed to death by starvation, as the lion-like head will only eat meat and the ant-like body can only digest grain.

@Background Pony Number 17  
Only we already have bumblebear

That’s a horrible pun, OP, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
 
That said, let’s go with it.

In another picture related to this creature, I never once thought this bear would be considered a possible allegory to the term pandering XD

I chuckled.

“STING ME IN THE HOLE!”

@441TheSecond  
Bees aren’t bugs :P not true ones anyway.

Beear, clearly.

I will call it a beer because it sounds funny in this context.

@Prof.NightJack  
But it’s a bug.
 
And also a bear.
 
…Iiiii’ll take myself out.

@441TheSecond  
No, lets not use “bugbear” as this isn’t anything like the mythical creature, it would be clever if it acted like one without looking anything like it but it doesn’t even act right.