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We camped in Death Valley and these guys were attracted to light and ended up stinging us. Didn't hurt as bad as a bee Sting. Any ideas what they are? Couldn't find them doing a Google search or image ...
When I accidentally disturbed a wasps' nest, it was an unpleasant experience. They got everywhere - under my clothes, in my hair etc.
However, in the aftermath - since I'm not allergic to their ...
larvae crawl on basement floor. Some are also found on the first floor of the house. Lots of legs--I also thought they became "rolly polys" but never knew for sure what they were either.
I found this bug dead in my house in Mississauga, ON, Canada.
I didn't have a ruler around so a regular toothpick was used to show the size.
I'm thinking it's a pill bug but I want to make sure.
Can anyone please help identify this insect. It seems to be some sort of caterpillar but I'm stumped.
Location is in Suffolk, United Kingdom
Length is around 1cm, width is perhaps 4 or 5mm.
Image ...
This one made a summer night visit to the room and tried to escape by banging against the ceiling. What is it? I found nothing which corresponds, though "horse fly" might be a close match.
Location: ...
It's a reasonably well-known fact that insects grew to massive sizes due to the excessive concentration of oxygen in the prehistoric-Earth's atmosphere.
If one were to try to recreate this high-...
I found this bug on my bed tonight. It's smaller than a sesame seed. 6 legs and 2 antenna.
Is this causing my dog and I to itch? Should I be concerned?
My young daughter caught a caterpillar (pararge aegeria, to my non-expert eye) and we put it in a breathable jar with leaves, kept indoors in England. (Current climate is around 14-19 degrees Celcius ...
Can anyone please determine if this is a moth or butterfly and what its name? We found it near a waterfall in the Philippines. There's actually a bunch of them and it seems that it's their natural ...
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
Description
Approximate ...
This answer to the question How to clean and preserve a cicada's molted exoskeleton (exuvia)? states:
The exuvia is made of cross-liked chitin, and will not decay. You don't need any special ...
Please tell me what do you think :)
The photo is from Santander, Colombia. I didn’t take any closeups photos 😞, but these were little bees, like 5 x 1 mm. The tube didn’t seem man-made, it was ...
Anyone find out what this is? Looks like A Caterpillar with a home it made from surrounding items, this was found in VA in the moutians on our home.! It went back inside its home after attempting to ...
I know that digestion of cellulose is difficult in mammals and requires a lot of steps. But I am fascinated by the idea of one day achieving human digestion of cellulose.
Which got me thinking about ...
Hi, this was flying around inside the car in northwestern Maryland, USA, yesterday. When I squished it with a tissue I was surprised to see a red spot that appeared to be blood. Cannot find a picture ...
Based on my (limited) understanding, some types of animals use the power of numbers for protection. I assume, then, some species instinctively respond to threat by immediately seeking out and joining ...
Found a couple of them in central europe on a zucchini plant (in august).
They are about a centimeter in size.
Tried looking for insect with orange back and 6 legs but no result.
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I'm a very amateur entomologist (I'm actually just an old fat hippie that loves all critters).
I don't have any chops here, but I swear I've done my due diligence and tried to figure this out. I'm ...
At about 11 pm, I heard a loud impact on the nearby glass door to a second-floor balcony. I thought it might be an acorn but it'd be a very unlikely angle - it'd have to be thrown from below or be a ...
I had some potentially infested clothing (and shoes) in a bathtub, and just after I bagged them to wash, I spotted this little fellow running away. I put it in a plastic food container and snapped a ...
I've seen several of these insects near my house in southeast Michigan this summer, including the one seen here feeding on a green bottle fly. What are they?
I have a Mason bee house with small tubes that is currently buzzing with life but I am completely clueless about what's in there. Some plugs seem made of clay, some of crushed leaves, some of resin, ...
I found a good quality molted exoskeleton (exuvia) of a cicada, about 3-4 cm long on the ground. I'm amazed at the completeness and detail, the exit hole is in the center of the back and you hardly ...
I've got several freshly-hatched Blinded Sphinx Moth caterpillars (ID'd the mother), but they don't seem interested in any of the host plants I've offered. I had birch and basswood ready, and so far ...
I'm pretty sure it's a beetle due to the lines on it's back/rear but I'm not positive and if I'm wrong I need to take action quickly. Thanks in advance :)
I just found these small insects on a Saponaria.
After search, it could be Halyomorpha halys, but I am really not sure.
Can anyone confirm? If so, should I kill them as they are considered as ...
Yesterday while moving a chair in my garden I got stung by a group of wasps. During the night I went hunting for their nests and managed to neutralize 3 of them: one was in the chair's legs, about the ...
I know the cockroaches are creepy for humans. But I want to know why humans are afraid of cockroaches and what will be the effect of there bite on my body. Can I touch them or if they walk over my ...
This was taken 07/06/19 in Cape Breton, NS, Canada.
I would say that it is about an inch (2.5 cm) in length and seemed to be pretty uniformly grey. The belly was the same colour as the legs, it had a ...
Whenever I look up this topic, all I get is articles that say "Bed bugs don't carry disease...", but they never explain why? Is it something in their saliva that kills microbes? Something in their ...
We have been finding a ton of these tiny bugs (pin head size or smaller) outside on our patios, outdoor tables, on the grill, etc.
What are they and how do we get rid of them?
The tables have turned -- I need some help IDing an insect:
I've been unable to identify an insect that I came across about 6 years ago in South Carolina (USA).
We were doing a vegetation survey in ...
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.
I found this little bug on my bed and I got curious to know what it was, I did some researches and then I noticed that it is very similar to Zelus Nymph but I can't be sure of it. Can you confirm it?
...
The picture was taken at the Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Southwestern Germany in June 2019. I tried to Google "Bee with brown fur", but the only thing that came up was a red mason bee, and the ...
I found this thing hanging from the framework of my garage yesterday:
The size of the object in the picture was about .75 inches tall by maybe a quarter inch wide. This was taken yesterday in a ...
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