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Taxonomy: Categorising Collembola [closed]
Observe: In some rows (Order, Family), the third column reveals a discerning physical characteristic or body type (...
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1mm-long insect ID from Tennessee
I live in east Tennessee. I went outside today (May 27.2017) and saw all these tiny insects all over my truck.
They are yellowish in color and have 6 legs, one solid body (including head). They move ...
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What Kind of Bug is This?
I took a picture of this bug when I was camping with my boyfriend in Ontario, Canada. The little guy (or gal) kept wanting to climb onto my hand which kind of freaked me out. I'd love to know what ...
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Dragonfly Identification
I have been clearing brush by a lake in northwest Missouri and seen a lot of dragonflies. It's hard to get decent pictures because my phone camera sucks and they fly away before I get close. But here ...
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Which moth is this?
City name - Mohali (Chandigarh)
Season - winter(after rain of western disturbance)
Location - IISER Mohali hostel near tube light of mess
Time - 21:49, 22 February 2019
Size - 1.5cm
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Insect identification (SP/Brazil)
Found this insect in São Paulo/Brazil. Its length is ~2cm
Any help to identify this insect would be appreciated.
Also see my video
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Identification of a caterpillar
My daughter has become one with nature somehow and came across an odd looking caterpillar. The odds of finding one never found before is great, however I'm unable to find what kind it is. It's head ...
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Species ID from Hungary
I found it on the wall, it was calm for 15 minutes. Central Europe, Hungary. Never seen anything like this. I have two more pictures.
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Help identify the insects I keep finding at my house (Auburn, WA) [duplicate]
Could anyone tell me what is this living being is called? I keep finding his relatives flying/crawling in my house once in a while since late Summer this year. We live in Auburn, WA, in case it helps ...
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Bug species identification
Found this bug in my bed. Don't think it's a bed bug. Pretty small but fat and round and had deep reddish coloring.
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Is this an insect? Which one?
I found this animal, which I suspect it's an insect, on the floor of a kitchen in Spain some days ago. It's about 8-10 mm long. I don't think I've ever seen it before. What is it?
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What kind of beetle is this (2cm long, brown, "V-shaped" body)?
I've seen this brown beetle, which was about 2cm-3cm long (I guess) near Loch Lomond (Scottland) a few days ago.
What kind of beetle is it?
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What is this insect from India called? [duplicate]
It was found on a roof in Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India.
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What is this hopping insect?
What species is this jumping insect?
Found in the United Kingdom in summer.
About 1 cm body length + 1 cm feelers.
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What is the name of this moth and why does it have an extra wing?
Moth of length 15mm. Seen in Kerala, India on March 2019. Third Unusual wing part visible. Without mobile flash the colour of moth visible is completely black.
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Insect ID, Ecuador
Picture was taken in the Ecuadorian Amazon in January 2019, during the day, elevation about 300 meters. The size was not recorded but might be no bigger than a housefly judging from the photo. It ...
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What kind of larve is this? Found in shed on terracotta pot in Northwest Oregon
Found this on a terracotta pot in my shed
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What species of butterfly/moth is this please?
What species is this please?
It's really tiny. That's an oregano leaf.
Location: United Kingdom
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What kind of spider is this and is it dangerous?
Found this spider on my couch the other day in Steubenville, Ohio. The spider is about 1 - 1.5'' (2.5 - 4 cm) long. The spider looks brownish in the image, but tends to a pale yellow color in reality.
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What is this beetle and what are the strange antennae for?
I found this wonderful creature in my yard (I live in the south of France) last night:
It was about 2-3cm long, with a hard carapace and wings. It also made loud hissing noises when agitated. I am ...
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Camouflage grasshopper identification
I came across the following grasshopper this afternoon while walking to my car. It was initially resting amongst some fallen tree leaves, but as I got closer to my car I must have startled it, as it ...
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What is this insect from Brasil?
SE Brazil Atlantic rainforest Oct 2017. I'm assuming this is an early stage of an insect. It was crawling around a tree in the moss and was about 6-7mm.
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What are these insects
I am conducting research and these insects were found on my biological sample (sections of pig's femora placed in an artificial water setting).
My location: Mississauga, ON
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Species identification - What is this "bug"
The title says it all. What the heck is it?
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I found this on my car, in Kansas city.
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Species Identification: Beetle having trunk!
Today morning I found this beetle in Cynodon dactylon grass. It had this beautiful head bearing a trunk like structure. I'm wondering what beetle it is
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Approximate size: 1.75 cm
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Which colourful insect is this?
I found it on my plant this morning while watering it. Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Any ideas?
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Damselfly identification
Can somebody identify this damselfly? Found near a stream about 15 miles west of Boston.
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Can anyone identify this bug?
Spotted in Czech Republic. Our office was hit with cockroach infestation, so I'm afraid if I haven't carried one home.
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Help identify this small spiney praying mantis?
Trying to identify this praying mantis for a short film. It's found on the wild cosmos flower. It's found when the flower is in bloom at this time of year (February) in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Bug identification: how to identify this bug?
I found this cast/shed skin from molting in my house:
The house is in the countryside by the beach in Portugal with a temperate and humid climate and mostly pine trees and eucalyptus. Humidity is 84% ...
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Is this a Tsetse fly?
I found this on my back while looking in the mirror.It took me 10 minutes to kill it.I hit it well at least 5 times before it died.It kept flying to me every time i tried to hit it,trying to go under ...
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Identify ~6-7mm long green creature
Here is the creature I found on the glass lid of my light bulb. I guess they are attracted to light as they all concentrate on the light source. I live in Hong Kong. The brown things aren't moving (...
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Identification of caterpillar in Texas
I found this caterpillar eating my parsley, around Austin, TX.
It looks very monarch-ish, but apparently monarchs don't eat parsley. Plus it has knobs on its back.
But it also does not look like ...
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identify this ant queen
can anyone help me identify this ant queen, if it's an ant queen? I only assume it is because I caught another with wings which looks exactly the same. Thanks in advance..
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Is this a bed bug?
This insect is ~7mm long, it has a dark strip on the body and I found it in Spain. Is it a bed bug?
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What is the name of the species of this butterfly?
Well,I am from India and live in the northern part of the country.I commonly find these butterflies during winter or spring seasons.
The original image shot is:
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Unknown Insect identification
Found this bugger crawling across my laptop. Any help identifying would be appreciated. After a bunch of googling it appears to be close to a lady beetle larva. I am located in north east USA.
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What is the family of this insect caught by my Drosera?
I am currently trying to find out what type of flies are flying around in my home. If they are fruit flies, fungus gnats or something else.
Currently my Droseraa caught one of them and I am currious ...
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Any Ideas what this insect might be?
A year ago my family and I were in Tanzania on vacation. Upon returning to our home in Alaska my wife found a small stowaway in her luggage. Feeling sorry for the poor creature we put it in a ...
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Identification of Insect found on beach in Maharashtra
Six legs, two antennas, Neon green colour pattern with black. Had no wings.
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Is this a Zelus luridus?
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?
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Identify an insect (beetle?)
Body size: 30mm
Location: Poland, in the middle of a large meadow
It was flying and landed directly on my cap :-)
After consulting wikipedia it look similar to some of Tenebrionoidea but can't find ...
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Cannibalizing behaviour in ants
Today I saw an ant question biology and was reminded of a picture I had clicked 2 years ago.
Here, you can see these black guys cannibalizing this other black guy.
To reiterate, these guys had ...
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What species is this cocoon?
I found this cocoon outside my house and I want to know what insect might be inside it and it’s species. Please help!
I found it a day ago when it was a worm, now its a cocoon, it’s like outside the ...
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ID please SE Brazil
Noted higher in the hills of the Atlantic rainforest in SE Brazil during October 2016
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What species is this mosquito-like insect?
I found this in my room in Serbia. It's not a local type of mosquito that I'm familiar with, so I'm very interested. It flies like a fly but it looks like some kind of mosquito. I am looking forward ...
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Species Identification - small insect: is this a bed bug? [duplicate]
I found this bug in my apartment in Chicago. We had bed bugs in our house the previous year (but we thought we got rid of them). This bug was very small - maybe 2 millimeters in length. These ...
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Praying mantis identification
I found this praying mantis in Bangalore, India. It is around 6 cms in length and has a distinct marking on the forelimbs. Can I know the species ?
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What kind of small insect is this?
Found in central florida in the bath tub. Its about the size of a pencil marking, very small. What is it?
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Why is there a weevil on top of a beetle?
A click beetle was walking around and there is a weevil on top of it.
Any idea why? I would also like to know the exact species of these insects.
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Time: 18:50, place: Netherlands / Noord-Hollands ...
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