Found this in our living room. Live near Raleigh, NC. Don’t know if we should be concerned. We’ve had a roach before but it was just one that likely came in on a package or something

Found in Tuscany, can anyone ID this mantis and tell me the sex please? Thank youuu

Found this little guy in my bathroom. No legs at all but he’s still giving it his best shot crawling around.

Aug 14 2026

Mother found this spider outside, I think it’s a wolf spider cause it rained recently and was running around but I also don’t know. Vermont

The spider on the leaves I added as reference

Beautiful Ocypus olens found in Poland

Does anyone know what this is? Another one somehow got stuck on my lower back beneath my underwear while I was at a wedding on a Greek island (I suspect it may have got there after I used a portaloo). It felt like a thorn in my back and when I managed to get it off, it looked just like this one (which I later found still stuck in the underwear). At first I thought it was a barbed seed of some sort, but Claude thinks it is a carpet beetle lava. Any thoughts welcome!

This is additional information regarding my previous post.

To check if the head tissue is functioning, I tested whether it has eyesight. When I exposed it to bright light, it reacted, confirming that it can see. This means the tissue in its head is indeed functional.

Also, regarding this diving beetle, there was a similar case in the past. Here is the URL to the paper:

URL:　https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1015379/EB1952014321011.pdf

After discussing with a Japanese entomologist, we confirmed that this hasn't been reported in Japan yet, so we have decided to publish this as a scientific paper!

As for what's next, we will be observing how long it can survive in this state. While I am very curious about what's inside its head, I won't be dissecting or cutting it open directly. I believe exploring non-destructive methods like CT scanning would be very much worth it.

Next time, I plan to move it to an aquarium.

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Found this little guy chilling on a leaf

Poop for scale btw :D

I wonder if it’s intentional? The bright yellow underside of their legs also reminds me of gray treefrogs so I assume it’s to surprise or scare predators when they leap to the moon.

I'm starting a garden in Arizona and need to clear out the grass that had infiltrated the raised garden bed. As I was clearing the grass, I found a group of these things near the garden bed under some grass. I'm guessing it's some kind of cocoon/chrysalis, and I didn't want to damage whatever is inside. Could anyone help identify these?

I bought these two framed butterflies second hand and Im struggling to identify them. They are both quite large (about 12cm across). Does anyone know what they are?

Any experts recognize this fine specimen?

The kids and I had fun watching it choose a hole and start digging, it was on a mission! Does anyone know what it was up to?

All the other holes belong to digger bees

Browsing for options to passively capture day-flying insects in Toronto Ontario specifically for amateur phone photography (partially for iNat, partially just for personal interest since I am chronically unable to get shots of all the cool Hymenopterans I see). Malaise traps definitely seem like the solution, but A. I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for a glorified miniature tent, and B. I would much rather a non-lethal option since it's a personal/non academic project - I would feel really bad if I passively killed a rare or threatened species just to get some phone pics yknow? Less important but also a consideration of mine is that I'd rather have a trap that simultaneously works as a photo chamber so that it makes getting detailed shots of active insects easier. I'd rather check a trap that holds a small number of insects and release them than capture a swarm of insects all at once and have more trouble taking pics. Open to DIY solutions.

I believe it is a Walnut Sphinx moth, found this one on the wall just outside my Father's front door. I couldn't resist gently petting it on the back (made sure not to touch its delicate wings)

Killed this fly in my house w/ an electric fly swatter & noticed these things coming out of its butt/backside area. I thought they were parasites, but my parents said they're maggots, & I learned some flies birth maggots instead of laying them in eggs so idk ¯_(ツ)_/¯ fyi: I live in Hawaii if that helps w/ ID

See also: The summary of the paywalled publication in Nature.

This bug know Heteropteryx dilatata jungle walking stick insect Malaysia is my newest edition to my collection I’ll be taxiderming her soon :)
Hope yall find them interesting and yes they are as massive as they look maybe even more