Questions tagged [entomology]
The scientific study of Insects. If the question is about some other group of arthropod use 'arthropod' tag.
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Insect Identification Request -- brown and white flea-like bug
So for context, this is a bug I found on the leaf of one of my young ginger plants, which I found a few days after watering. I have a few other tropical plants next to it, like a vanilla bean orchid --...
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What kind of insect appears in this photo?
For months my wife has been commenting about a white substance spontaneously appearing on black clothes. Under magnification, the substance appears to possibly be eggs. As you can see, the image shows ...
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Good source for current taxonomic keys
I’ve recently taken back up my interest in entomology and taxonomy. I used to be a biologist, but have long since moved to another field to make my way. I realize that all of my taxonomic keys are ...
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Is this arthropod non-intrusive and recommended to be left alive?
I am in Portugal (Lisbon) at the moment, and when leaving my room late at night (12 pm ~ 04 am) I usually face about 4 of these arthropods in the corridors:
(For reference, the "line" in the image is ...
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Caterpillar(?) in Leaf Cocoon identification - Missouri
A small chunk of leaves fell off of a potted tomato plant. We noticed our cats taking an interest in it once it started moving. Then a little caterpillar poked its head out. What kind of bug is this ...
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Is continuous exposure to blue light lethal for mosquito larvae?
I have been observing developing mosquito larvae since 2 days and I saw, while exposing my laser light of blue colour to it, that it becomes unstable on exposure to blue light.
Thus, I wish to ask, ...
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Can anyone identify this bug please
We had just gotten a new kitten from a not great home. It was her second night here, and she was laying on my chest when I noticed that where she had been lying on me was really really itchy. When I ...
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What kind of moth is this? Why does it have a stinger?
Unfortunately, the moth died before I could photograph it.
The body length is approximately 2-3Inches. It was much bigger than the moths I usually see. And this is the first moth that I have seen ...
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What is the largest animal a colony of army ants can kill?
Reading David Attenborough's "Life on Earth" he describes the African army ants super-colony that can hunt, kill and devour creatures far greater than the individual ants. He writes that ...
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Water consumption of the average housefly
So, I have this question:
How much water does the common fly consume in its lifetime?
I was able to find the following facts:
Born from swine waste under 40% (waste to water ratio)
Lifespan of 15-25 ...
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I have a fruit fly problem
I've add fruit flies raising a garden every year I am very familiar with them and how to kill them. But twice now I have killed one by smashing it and upon doing so two little tiny bugs or crawling on ...
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Name this insect
This is the monsoon season and some black insects are flying in my house. They have a very bad smell. Does anyone know what is the name of that insect, including English and Hindi name?
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Help identifying insect
I live in Milan, Italy in the city center.
I started seeing this insect in August after a long vacation. In this periods the temperature inside the house went up to 36°C (temperatures here range from -...
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What are these small, indoor bugs?
I live in Switzerland and have noticed these small bugs appear in my bedroom, either slowly crawling on the parquet flooring, lazily buzzing around or dead on my windowsill (as pictured):
I'm not ...
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Are these little white fuzzy insects "scale"? What species and what is their lifecycle like?
These appeared on three small, similar houseplants I bought about a month earlier at a nursery. There were dozens. I physically removed a few and just pruned stems that had many, and put the clippings ...
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Can a grasshopper jump with so much force that it could rip its leg off if it was stuck?
I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA and I have noticed something interesting while walking and longboarding the many miles of paths of trails in the city. Grasshoppers seem to get stuck quite ...
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What is happening to this moth cocoon?
We 'adopt' a catepillar each year and this year I believe we have a Buff Ermine Moth.
It seemed healthy and created a woven cocoon. It was at this point that I found out these moths overwinter.
We put ...
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Insect with long neck—what is it?
I found this insect in Fish Haven, Idaho (right next to Bear Lake) in June and think it’s absolutely fascinating:
If you can’t tell from the picture, it’s a few centimeters in length—very thin with a ...
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What species is this burrow-digging insect?
These are frames from a recent recording:
Location
Urban area in Central Europe.
Abiotic factors at the time of recording
Temperature = 27°
Humidity = 51%
Wind = 16 km/h
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Approximate ...
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What type of ants are these?
I live in NYC and these fellas started popping out near my computer screen and desk. They don't seem interested in food as my sister usually leaves candy wrappers around. They however are stinky, I ...
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Insect identification request - Is this a bed bug? Colorado, USA [duplicate]
I found three of these bugs in our friends house all dead. I never found an alive one… But I’ve been waking up with bites in the breakfast lunch and dinner pattern.
I want to confirm they are bedbugs ...
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Ladybug: Number of spots
I'm interested in Ladybugs. I read a lot about the number of spots of ladybugs. The number seems to be between 0 and 24, but as far as I can see, not every number in between exist. Up to now, I found ...
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Why do some insects which are able to fly unusually do it when they are threatened?
I have killed cockroaches and beetles several times in my house. Sometimes I miss the insects and they run fast, but they don't fly most of the time. Even when I touch a beetle it just continues its ...
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Behavioural experiment on Nasonia Wasps
I want to see how two male Nasonia vitripennis interact with each other. I have been using enamel paint on their heads to distinguish them, but I am wondering if any other methods of marking them ...
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Database of insect sounds
I was thinking last night as I laid listening to the loud insects at night here in Georgia, that I wanted to be able to hear the bug sounds people listen to all over the world. Could not find much ...
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Transfecting cocoon or chrysalis
Do you know whether anybody tried to transfect insects during their cocoon/chrysalis stage, and if so do you have a link to such studies?
I was thinking it would be easier to do given that it's a more ...
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Is this bug a termite?
Noticed this bug on my kitchen floor, and am wondering whether it is a termite:
I have a video of it crawling too, but don't see how to upload video here.
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Regarding scale: it is small, perhaps ...
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What is this insect (or spider)?
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: July 18th
Daytime: around 5pm
Begaviours: none, unfortunately. Just walking
I take these to be six legs and some kind of appendices. But I am not entirely sure.
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Does anybody know what kind of creepy-crawly this is?
My son found this caterpillar in our garden in the UK. Have asked multiple people with more knowledge in this area who have been unable to identify it. looking for any help?
Having looked online the ...
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Identification of black-and-white striped jumping insect?
I noticed this small insect with long striped antennae and legs hanging out on my parsley. I'd be curious to find out what it is.
When I got close to take a picture of it, it suddenly leapt, like a ...
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Very small, light and dark "insects" - Italy - Infestation, healthy problems? - Insect identification [duplicate]
I'm currently in a town near Savona, on the coast in north-west Italy.
We had a problem with pigeons, that create their nests in the space between the roof and the ceiling.
Now, from the tube of the ...
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Want to know about a creature which bite me
I am Sachin from MP India. Few minutes back I have gotten bite by a creature. What is its name? Is it harmful if I got bitten by it? Feeling little pain there.
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Female mosquito fate in absence of food
What happens to female mosquitoes which want to lay egg but couldn't find mammal host for blood, will that mosquito simply die, if no mammals in area would mosquitoes will be absent too?
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Found these bugs on a sticker in an old shoe box. What are they? [duplicate]
What are these bugs? I found them in an old shoe box on a sticker that was sitting on the carpet.
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what frequency is the mosquito's whine?
I read on Wikipedia that mosquitoes make the sound they make by beating their wings-- when they are flying, and that the average frequency of the wing beats are about 600 hz. I went and listened to ...
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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.
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Identifying a bug
I found this bug ( vary in size )after deep cleaning to my bedroom today exactly in my bed sheets and window sill and my desk , can someone help me identify them
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Were these spiders burried alive by a spider wasp?
I moved a stone plate in the garden in europe, that was stored vertically, leaning against another one.
In the space between the two, I found some soil with small cavities filled with spiders.
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Species Identification: Waterborne worm/larva, California, USA (and is it safe)
Can you help ID this species? The photos are low quality, so I'll do my best to describe them.
I found them after I left a cup of dechlorinated, freshwater aquarium water outside with a plant in it, ...
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Living in Singapore, what’s this bug? Found an identical one in my house on the floor
Hi! I’m living in Singapore (Southeast Asia). Found a small brown bug with a prominent dark stripe on its back like the pictured one, about the size of half a grain of rice. It was wandering around on ...
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I’ve been searching the internet for days and I can’t seem to find out what insect this is, can anyone help?
I saw this tiny insect and I first thought it was an ant because of the body shape. However its legs were really really green, I’m adding photos but it’s hard to see how green they actually were. It ...
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Need help identifying insects in home, Morgan Hill CA
The creature in the attached photos just started appearing in small numbers in various locations inside my home. Would like to positively identify.
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Is it a common behaviour in insects to mate with a dead partner
I have a few specimens of Orgyia antiqua of both sexes, and I've been able to observe a mating behaviour where male and female sit close to each other, their rear ends connected.
Today though I've ...
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Approx 1cm, white and brown insect feeding on fruits, what are they?
I found these insects yesterday that were feeding on a guava that I left outside for days. We have a tropical climate here (Mauritius). These insects are about 1 cm long. They have a white abdomen, ...
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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 ...
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Weird Insect on Window, SW London
Insect is avout 5 cm long, antenna to tail, was on a windows. Tried to transfer to white paper, but it moved to a wall[
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What insect is this? (Black body two orange lines in its back and six legs)
I found this today in the library while studying. I am very curious to know whether this particular insect has a name that I can look up and find more information about:
Full length is almost one ...
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Found a bug looks like a true bug but it has a mowhak
It looks strange found it today what is it?
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