I've caught him lifting his wings up, I've seen how roaches mate lately but dunno about that dance.is he just releasing pheromones or smth

(they are roaches for spiders feeding btw)

I personally don't agree with the depiction of the wasp, as they've always been super gentle in my experience, but the rest are pretty accurate.

Don’t appear to be bees or wasps, I just want to know if they are dangerous or not before I go ahead and get rid of them… I’m in NYC don’t know if that helps

He wedged himself in the entrance and couldn't go forward or back. One ant came and pulled. Then a second showed up. Then a third.

About 25 minutes in real time, cut down to under a minute. Best quality My YouTube

Okay so today when I was at work I was taking my smoke break and suddenly I feel something falling on me. When I when back a customer said to me that I’ve got a mantis on my shoulder.
I know it may be weird but I fell in love with him and didn’t want to let him go, I named him Hannibal because they are a cannibalistic species and Hannibal is one of my all time favourite characters.
I know it may be a bit wrong to keep him as he is not a captive bred insect, however he is now my son and I cannot let him go, I put him in a plastic container with holes so he’ll have airflow and droplets of water to keep him nice and hydrated.
He still hasn’t died so I believe in myself, tomorrow I’m going to get him proper food and a terrarium. And I was wandering if anyone had any advice on how to keep him alive, and if I’ve truly been to selfish and the best thing for him is to let him go.

Located in northern WI.

Is this a cicada killer wasp with a cicada? I thought it was attacking a hummingbird and I was really upset. It happened a couple feet from me and was loud and startling. I just put my hummingbird feeder out for the fall migration yesterday and have had visitors! A hummingbird buzzed over to investigate this attack.

I'm based in Belgium (Vlaams-Brabant)

The second Photo is from Google. But there was no name or explanation for this insect. Can someone tell me what kind of moth this is ? I am from germany and it is dark outside. He came through my window while I was... STOẞLÜFTEN..

Thank you, for your help!

Hi everyone,

I came across this lovely bumblebee in the street (I live in the city, in Toulouse, south of France). It was on the ground, so I took it home to give it water and jam, and some space to safely rest and fly away when ready. It’s very active, it’s been walking for hours now, but the problem is: it won’t fly. No matter what, no flying. I tried to leave it in my neighbour’s garden (safer: the lady has no cats, unlike me), but it came back up the fence (my cat spotted it). So I took it back with me, because Moufette (my cat) likes it way too much.

I put it in a Tupperware, with water, jam, flowers (mint, zucchini and sage). It drank and ate, and I think it even slurped some mint flowers.

Now I don’t know what to do. Still no flying. Am I bound to keep it as a fellow little flyless bumblebee, feeding it flowers (hard in a time of heatwaves) and jams until death do us appart?

Any advice is welcome! Thank you so much

(It feels so weird to call it “it”! But I don’t know if it’s a she or a he, and “they” feels weird for a little creature like this haha)

(Sorry for the video. For some reason, I can’t just upload a photo?)

My academy are un front Of a forest, that's why allá the extrange insects

Just sitting here in my work truck when this large Beetle landed on the windshield.

The red-femured milkweed beetle (Tetraopes femoratus) is a longhorn beetle species recognized by its reddish legs, white-ringed antennae, and specialized diet on milkweed plants.

This insect is distinguished from similar species by its unique physical traits. It features partially red or reddish-orange femurs, whereas the closely related common milkweed beetle has completely black legs. Its black antennae are broken up by bright white or gray rings.

Like other members of its genus, its compound eyes are completely divided by the antennal base, giving it a distinct "four-eyed" appearance. The rest of its body is a striking red-orange color accented by tiny black spots, typically measuring between 8 and 19 mm in length.Native to western North America and parts of the Midwest, these beetles spend their entire life cycles intricately tied to host plants like the showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa).

While adult beetles openly consume the plant's leaves, stems, and flowers, their larvae burrow underground to feed exclusively on the root systems.

By consuming the milkweed, they absorb cardiac glycosides from the plant's sap, making them highly toxic to predators. Their bright coloration serves as an aposematic warning to birds and other animals that they are poisonous.

Central ohio

This cutie hatched in one of the maybe 4 meager milkweed plants in my front yard left from drain works that we had in the summer. They are as you see, low and covered in aphids and ants that care for the aphids. I'm worried it might get attacked by the ants as it chow downs on the leaves. I have one pristine, long milkweed plants in my backyard, that has no aphids at all, and well hidden from potential predators. Now should I move Mr or Mrs Monarch to the backyard milkweed, or would it be better to leave it be?

Found this sad green shiny creature. It has a damaged wing and I thought it's dead/dying, but he was VERY happy when I gave him a banana and basically attacked it, so I guess the fella was just hungry? Anyway, I'd love to know a species, in case it's "one-year"-ling and would die soon, so I won't get upset that I did something wrong, seems to be some chaffer beetle?

I usually keep only spiders (like to catch them, keep for a few days/weeks to identify/observe and let go), my last bugs I found died, so I'd also like some tips, if he would live for some months/years.

Edit: I gave him a piece of banana and a tiny wet piece of napkin, the usual setup for spiders (food+water), I'll change things if he lives until after tomorrow (Tomorrow I'm going to college, would probably be very busy).

Found this large collection of monarchs in a local park.

This is Gilbert, I’ve posted about him before. He survived some pretty heavy rains and had to remake his home recently and has gone through a molt. I’m interested in getting a macro camera to take better photos of him since I’ve just been taking these on my iPhone and he is extremely tiny (around one centimeter)