diff --git a/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/Components/ESTraitorBuggableComponent.cs b/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/Components/ESTraitorBuggableComponent.cs
index 29aef69d1eb..283fe325096 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/Components/ESTraitorBuggableComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/Components/ESTraitorBuggableComponent.cs
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ public sealed partial class ESTraitorBugTimerEvent : ESEntityTimerEvent;
 
 [ByRefEvent]
 public readonly record struct ESTraitorBugHackedEvent(ProtoId<AccessGroupPrototype> Group);
+
+[Serializable, NetSerializable]
+public enum ESTraitorBugVisuals : byte
+{
+    Bugged,
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/ESTraitorBugSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/ESTraitorBugSystem.cs
index 2838f3a6ba2..8cf8dd9b5ad 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/ESTraitorBugSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/_ES/Masks/Traitor/ESTraitorBugSystem.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public sealed partial class ESTraitorBugSystem : ESBaseObjectiveSystem<ESTraitor
     [Dependency] private INetManager _net = default!;
     [Dependency] private IPrototypeManager _prototype = default!;
     [Dependency] private IRobustRandom _random = default!;
+    [Dependency] private SharedAppearanceSystem _appearance = default!;
     [Dependency] private ESBreakableSystem _breakable = default!;
     [Dependency] private SharedDoAfterSystem _doAfter = default!;
     [Dependency] private ESEntityTimerSystem _entityTimer = default!;
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ private void OnPlantTraitorBugDoAfter(Entity<ESTraitorBuggableComponent> ent, re
         _popup.PopupEntity(Loc.GetString("es-bug-popup-planted"), ent, args.User);
         _sparks.DoSparks(ent, user: args.User, cooldown: false);
 
+        _appearance.SetData(ent, ESTraitorBugVisuals.Bugged, true);
         ent.Comp.Timer = _entityTimer.SpawnTimer(ent, ent.Comp.BugDuration, new ESTraitorBugTimerEvent());
         Dirty(ent);
 
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ public void CancelBug(Entity<ESTraitorBuggableComponent?> ent)
         if (!Resolve(ent, ref ent.Comp, false))
             return;
 
+        _appearance.SetData(ent, ESTraitorBugVisuals.Bugged, false);
+
         PredictedDel(ent.Comp.Timer);
         ent.Comp.Timer = null;
         Dirty(ent);
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/apc.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/apc.yml
index f101f9bbef8..a4907ddefc6 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/apc.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/apc.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
       shader: unshaded
       map: ["enum.ApcVisualLayers.Environment"]
       visible: false
+    - state: bug
+      map: [ "buglayer" ]
+      visible: false
   - type: Appearance
   - type: GenericVisualizer
     visuals:
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@
         enum.ApcVisualLayers.ChargeState:
           True: { visible: false }
           False: { visible: true }
+      enum.ESTraitorBugVisuals.Bugged:
+        buglayer:
+          True: { visible: true }
+          False: { visible: false }
   - type: ESGenericPointLightVisualizer
     visuals:
       enum.ESBreakableVisuals.Broken:
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/bug.png b/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/bug.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8fe0696c7b
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/bug.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/meta.json
index 66df303df94..8434448e8dd 100644
--- a/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/meta.json
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Structures/Power/apc.rsi/meta.json
@@ -188,6 +188,32 @@
         ]
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "bug",
+      "directions": 4,
+      "delays": [
+          [
+              1.5,
+              0.2,
+              0.1
+          ],
+          [
+              1.5,
+              0.2,
+              0.1
+          ],
+          [
+              1.5,
+              0.2,
+              0.1
+          ],
+          [
+              1.5,
+              0.2,
+              0.1
+          ]
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "name": "sparks-unlit",
       "delays": [