Questions tagged [entomology]
The scientific study of Insects. If the question is about some other group of arthropod use 'arthropod' tag.
1,376
questions
0
votes
0
answers
10
views
Bug/larva identification
What do you think these could be?
The photo was taken today from the inside of a bin liner, which contained waste from fruit and vegetables (carrot skin, banana peel, salad leaves, etc.), and (...
- 101
1
vote
0
answers
22
views
Why are these ants emerging from underground?
Every spring through summer season, I see these ants emerge from beneath my driveway and form these thick swarms on the surface. They typically do this once or twice per day, and after a few hours ...
- 11
2
votes
1
answer
706
views
Help identifying an insect
I live in Milan, Italy in the city center. I live in this house since 5 years and I keep finding the insect pictured below.
I see it throughout the seasons (temperatures here range from -1°C to +35°C ...
- 123
-2
votes
0
answers
44
views
Is this a termite?
I found many of these in my attic in Florida, USA. It is the about the size of my pinky nail and they were imbedded in the insulation.
- 151
4
votes
0
answers
33
views
What insect/bug species do these belong to?
I randomly saw what I thought was dust on the counter in my bathroom (NYC Apartment - higher apartment, >10 floors up) this afternoon (June 1st) ... but when I got closer observed that they were ...
- 141
0
votes
0
answers
18
views
request for insect identification [duplicate]
A number of these insects have appeared in a house we are staying in on Fire Island. I would be grateful for any identification. Its length is roughly the width of the distal segment of my finger. A ...
- 1
-1
votes
0
answers
37
views
Identifying mite
For several months my son and I have been getting bitten by mystery bugs. After several failed extermination attempts I finally caught a bug in the act of bitting my son. I tried to get it into a cup ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
46
views
What insect is this, is it a bed bug?
I woke up a week ago with bites all over my arms and legs, and some in a straight line.
We brought round a beg bug expert but he could not find anything in the room.
However, this morning we found ...
- 101
5
votes
0
answers
56
views
What kind of hornet is this?
I live in France, in western suburbs of Paris. For a few days I have seen two of the insects below in my apartment. It is slightly smaller than a thumb, say 4cm (1.58") (sorry for not putting a ...
- 505
0
votes
0
answers
26
views
A tree that's making quiet "creaking" sounds, and stops when I tap it...insects?
So I have a very dead tree (not a biologist, so this just means "no leaves when the trees around it do have leaves"), and I noticed when I stand close to it I can actually hear a "...
- 317
4
votes
1
answer
102
views
What kind of insect is this? It looks like a huge spider with one long antenna and six legs
It looks like a huge spider but with six legs and has one very long antenna. It also looks like it has claws. Please I would like to know what sort of insect it is. So I would know measures to take if ...
3
votes
1
answer
124
views
Help me identify this wasp-like insect
I've never seen wasps with long legs like that.
It's not big, about 1-2cm in length (not counting legs).
Could you identify this?
UPD: location is central Ukraine
- 133
2
votes
1
answer
124
views
Identify a spider which is consuming a fly
can you please identify this spider which was found on indoor banana plant eating(?) a fly?
Located in central europe - Czech Republic, Moravia region. Photo taken in April 23rd. Banana plant is ...
- 123
0
votes
1
answer
68
views
What type of beetle is this? It was on the wall in my backyard
This insect was on the wall in my backyard. I live in Southern California. Does anyone know what is is?
- 19
4
votes
1
answer
90
views
What species is this insect?
I would be grateful for help identifying the insect depicted in the attached picture. It was found inside a residential building (ground floor) at the periphery of Valladolid, a city in Yucatán, ...
- 210
1
vote
1
answer
101
views
Identify this insect in Texas
Please help identify the insect in the attached picture. It was found in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas, today, April 18 2023. It is about 0.25 inches long.
Update in response to comment: It ...
- 113
6
votes
1
answer
437
views
Tiny insect identification in potted plants
Unfortunately, the new potted soil I've bought seems to be heavily infested with insects. Firstly, I have had a fight with fungus gnats. After using parasitic nematodes about 10 days ago, I no longer ...
- 207
0
votes
0
answers
74
views
What are these… worms?
I found these little guys hanging from a light in my kitchen in Sydney, Australia, on what appeared to be a string of silk or cobweb:
They crawl like worms. Can anyone help me figure out what they ...
- 241
1
vote
1
answer
113
views
What bug could this be?
I found a bunch of bugs, approximately 2-3mm in my kitchen, most of them dead and with a throughout search i found a bunch of them living in my gluten-free flour and on some other products like fried ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
26
views
What is the area around a plant that is under its phytochemicals/secondary metabolites influence?
Is there a dilution threshold as a function of distance or some general measure regarding the area around a plant that is under the influence of its phytochemicals?
I'm looking for a objective value ...
1
vote
1
answer
58
views
What kind of spider is it and was this web built beforehand? (Surprise find)
I am surprise to find an insect caught at the end of what seems to be very long nearly invisible thread/web, most importantly where the insect is caught is actually a passage way where we enter the ...
- 236
4
votes
1
answer
99
views
How do bees and wasps react to carnivorous plants?
I seem to recall that bees and wasps have alert pheromones, so that if a few of them are killed or attacked in the proximity of others, they will attract backup.
I assume it's pretty straightforward ...
- 1,291
1
vote
0
answers
31
views
Butterfly Raises Abdomen Like A Scorpion
Since a few weeks I am observing a little butterfly in my living room and normally I put insects out but it's cold outdoors and I thought it's secure inside. It occassionally flies around, especially ...
- 11
2
votes
1
answer
322
views
What is this large insect?
A large (body about 4 cm long) flying insect flew into my workshed when it was very dark, warm and humid outside, probably attracted by the lights. It fell onto the bench upside down and could not ...
- 192
2
votes
0
answers
22
views
What Type of Color Vision do Mantises have?
I am trying to figure out what type of color vision mantises have, but stuff about mantis shrimp keeps coming up instead. All I was able to find was this one paper from 1971. It found evidence that ...
- 760
0
votes
1
answer
91
views
They look like tiny black ants but they're not I find them only in my son's toy box [duplicate]
I find these only in my son's toy box not in the kitchen or not around food I have bleached all my son's toys and they still come back they are not crawling along the wall or anywhere else in the room ...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
28
views
Identification of a Tettigonia specimen
At least I think it is a Tettigonia sp. but I have problems identifying it exactly because it is still a nymph. OK, it is a female, that is hard to overlook, but is it T. cantans (my guess) or T. ...
- 111
-1
votes
1
answer
61
views
What kind of bug is this? I’m not sure if it’s a cockroach
Found this bug in my home. Is this a roach?
1
vote
0
answers
32
views
Black flying bug infestation
What is this black bug in my house. There is literally an infestation. They are everywhere. The size of a small tick. They fly and just keep coming. Im from pakistan, lahore.
I've never seen these ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
What type of bug is this? Found under a blanket [duplicate]
I'm a bit worried as we found a few of these bugs under a blanket in a spare bedroom. It was very small (3-3.5 mm) and rust/brown in color with a tubular/long shape. There seemed to be a nymph next to ...
- 11
2
votes
0
answers
7
views
database of Animals/insects which would contain their queriable geographic location?
Is there a database of Animals/insects which would contain their queriable geographic location?
I would need to perform a rather simple query, such as ...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
32
views
How well do ants and other insects smell odors other than pheromones, or are they highly tuned to pheromones only?
I have a vague understanding that ants and moths use pheromones in a variety of ways, but recently after a heavy rain my office is being explored by a some small ants looking for food. They decided it ...
- 121
1
vote
0
answers
21
views
Identification of butterfly from caterpillar
i visited a butterfly house and they didn't know which butterfly will be the caterpillars in the picture, my first guess is 'papilio aegeus'. I think the eggs/ caterpillars were on a 'paulownia ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
68
views
What kind of bug is this? Small, slower than an ant, black head, red body
It is very small but it is slower than an ant. It has a black head and six legs with a red body. I’m in North Carolina.
2
votes
0
answers
49
views
What is this bee-like insect flying above the swallow in Singapore?
Photo was taken within the past week in the Singapore Botanical Garden. The bird is the Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica, but there is also an unidentified insect flying above the bird, which is ...
- 9,434
4
votes
0
answers
48
views
What is the ball of jelly on the left eye of this mantis?
This mantis was seen in the wild in north Israel.
It would be great if the Mantis species can be identified too.
- 141
0
votes
1
answer
45
views
What bug is this in my closet [duplicate]
I keep finding these little insects on my clothes in the one corner of my closet. They seem to be a mm in length. I’ve never seen them walk and I’ve only seen one in any given time. I’ve never seen ...
0
votes
0
answers
46
views
What are these stinkbug-like insects?
Lots of these insects appeared on a wall in my garden for about a week. I've never seen these before, and they behave like ants. They look like stink bugs and are 2-3mm long.
My search on google lens ...
- 101
3
votes
2
answers
92
views
What do Wild Silverfish Eat?
Silverfish are famous for eating wallpaper paste.
The paste is made of starch mixed with water. Wikipedia says silverfish love starch
They consume matter that contains polysaccharides, such as ...
- 234
0
votes
0
answers
62
views
Common House Spider got shrunked and appeared lifeless when touched by water
I was trying to save a house spider which was on my water tub, it was desperately trying to move out of the tub but due to the smooth surface couldnt manage, the tub was wet but not filled with water ...
- 236
0
votes
0
answers
58
views
What animal is this from the kitchen
The following picture has been taken in August inside a box
I’m the kitchen in a city at the center of France. What animal is this? The real size is about the size of a grain of rice
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
59
views
What is this fly with black and white abdomen and why do they hover under ceiling lights?
These flies have always fascinated and weirded me out. I remember first noticing than at my parents summer house, in the top room under a ceiling light. They seem to be attracted by chandelier style ...
- 1,087
2
votes
0
answers
31
views
Fly identification (Michigan)
Recently we've seen lots of this small fly in our house in Michigan. They are smaller than regular houseflies and don't have the distinctive green/blue sheen that houseflies have. I assume they bite, ...
- 121
0
votes
0
answers
8
views
What is the Rs 2 vein on a Calliphoridae fly?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliphoridae
This wikipedia page on Calliphoridae flies says this: "Members of Calliphoridae have branched Rs 2 veins, frontal sutures are present, and calypters ...
2
votes
1
answer
146
views
Identification of insect casing
Photo of specimen with a US quarter (~24 mm diameter) for size reference. Please help identify what left behind this casing. It was found in middle of the yard, approximately 25 feet from nearest tree ...
- 21
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
Marine invertebrate San Juan Islands, WA, USA
I noticed a green-colored marine arthropod in harbor in the US San Juan Islands (early July 2022, around noon), specifically Haro Strait, and took several pictures from the dock.
The bug was ...
- 8,738
1
vote
1
answer
103
views
What insect is this? Found in a dying tree
I recently found this insect near where I live, where my childs play always! Is it dangerous ??. What insect is this ?
Is it poisonous?
Its about 3cm
Picture:
I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
51
views
The pollination of lupins
Do lupins produce nectar? According to this study it seems like there are conflicting conclusions regarding this. And in this study the supposed inability for Lupinus argenteus to produce nectar is ...
1
vote
1
answer
77
views
What is this unusual butterfly?
Sighted in West London, July 23rd., 2022. The weather was cool and overcast. I could only get a picture of the underwing, but the upper wing was orange towards the head, and white towards the tail, ...
Pawel Tokarczuk
3
votes
0
answers
64
views
Colorado insect identification
Found this bug in my backyard, but was unable to identify it. Thanks for any hint!
Edit : I live in the south east suburbs of Denver, Centennial.
So this is quite an urban area. I found this bug on my ...
- 39