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What species of ant is this, and is it a queen?
I found her underneath a big rock along with a bunch of much smaller Lasius niger workers, so
I suspect it might be a queen. I know Lasius niger doesn't have soldiers, so what could it have been ...
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I am trying to identify this little "bug"
I am trying to identify a bug. I find this little guy in Paris, at the rooftop near plants, in the streets without plants. I let one on my t-shirt, and it was trying to unpick it. I took a picture :
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Identify this insect - unknown location
Please help identify this insect - genus, species and anything interesting about it.
(Part of this old thread.)
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Help me identifiy this insect
I found this insect in Pune/India. It looked like a fly, and it was running over a leaf.
Size is about 2mm-3mm. Is it juvenile of some fly species or is it not even a fly?
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Help me identify this fly species?
I found this fly in Bengaluru/India. It was larger than usual flies. It was more than 1cm in size, with black color which has blue shades in it. I managed to take just this one pic, then it flew away.
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Animal identification (larva)
I found a tiny, white animal in my mouth on the morning of June 28, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario. Luckily I don't seem to have hurt it. I was eating some sunflower and pumpkin seeds at the time. I ...
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Why do some grasshoppers have a black exoskeleton? [closed]
What species of grasshoppers have black exoskeletons? Is there a scientific difference in species between field crickets and grasshoppers?
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Please give information about this insects
I took this photo of a small insect which I found near to my house (Maharashtra state, India). What insect is this?
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What is this insect from Brazil
Im assuming 'cicada' with this insect but which one ? Small size- c1c-2 cm -
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What are these little creatures living inside a silk web?
They are found in Bangladesh. Some of my observations:
They are so small that their legs and appendages look transparent.
Their colour is brown and they have no wings.
My eye sight is not brilliant, ...
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What is this insect?
These photographs were taken today in Marseille, in the Mediterranean coast of France. My French friends inform me that these beasties are called cousins because they are "cousins" of mosquitoes (...
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What kind of spider is this? And is it dangerous? (photo)
I found this spider hanging from a web off the side of my house (in Buffalo, NY). It's probably 3-4in total length. Any thoughts on what kind of spider this is? And if it's dangerous?
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Is this a stag beetle?
Just saw this beetle on my window.
The coin is an American dime.
Location is Shenandoah Valley,
in central Virginia, U.S.A.
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What is the name of this tiny creature?
Place: South India,
Metropolitan, Year: 2017; Night Time.
Size: 1-2 cm (Very Tiny)
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What is this butterfly?
The following guys (about an inch long) were seen in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in summer. When one would fly by a resting one, they'd get into a high-speed little "dogfight". What genus might ...
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Can anyone identify this beetle?
Fruit Chafer found in Zambezi valley at Victoria Falls on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border
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Can you do better than "Sock-Wasp"?
I met this beautiful fellow when I was choosing my socks this morning. It seems I had found her cozy place. A stowaway, supposedly sneaked into my bag while camping, and me taking her all the way home....
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Can you identify this Illinois wasp?
I live in northern Illinois and had these guys appearing in my room. No facial markings and they seem non agressive.
About 2cm in length with off white u shaped markings below it's waist and a single ...
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Does anyone know what kind of caterpillar this is?
I was out hiking, and was walking along the side of a road, and saw this little guy on some gravel. Hes a light blue/grey color, hairy, spotted with red,and looks like he has horns and a tail. I've ...
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Identify insect found in cupboard
Opening the cupboard I am shocked to find it full of these insects inside. Haven't found them anywhere else. At first, I thought it was ticks, but not so sure. Plan on cleaning out the cupboard and ...
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What is this insect found commonly in coastal India? [duplicate]
I have lived in two cities on the western coast of India and I have seen quite a few of these insects(?) in both places.
It basically has an outer cocoon of sorts, which looks a lot like dirty lint. ...
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What insect is this, large swarms?
I live in Brisbane, Australia and these creatures arrived a few weeks ago for a day or so and then they disappeared. There were thousands of them. I would love to know what they are.
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Identification of a larva
Last week-end I was working in my parent's garden and when I dig a bit the ground, I found few larvas I never seen before. My father told me there are there every time when he's doing the garden ...
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what is this ant-sized black insect? [closed]
I have found these tiny ant-sized black bugs on the floor that are a little hard to kill; I have to hit them with so much force otherwise they stick to the back of my sandals alive! or i have o ...
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What kind of grasshopper-like insect is this?
We found this thing in our basement. Not quite an average grasshopper. Any ideas?
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Insect species identification [closed]
I think it's a moth and need further identification like scientific name, order and family.
The picture was taken on May 30/2016 in my university laboratory window in South Korea. At that time there ...
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Need help with insect identification
Saw this bug in my hallway tonight, crawling alongside the baseboard, it didn't seem like it could crawl up the wall despite trying to countless times. Google wasn't much help, although I saw a weevil ...
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UK insect identification
15-20mm long.
Brown legs, head, casing/wings (no flight witnessed).
Black body with protruding back part.
Long antennae.
Very fast running speed.
Seemingly keenly aware of surroundings.
Is this some ...
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Identification of a bug in Vasai, India
Can someone please let me know what insect this is?
This may be something very common, but this is the first time I have seen them and that too suddenly in a large number.
They were mostly on ...
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What is this hummingbird-like insect? [duplicate]
I just saw this insect collecting polen from bougainvillea blossoms on the Greek island of Skyros, in the Aegean sea. For future reference, this is in the middle of August and the sighting was at ...
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What is this insect in Southeast Idaho? [duplicate]
This thing ran out of the wall of my dorm hallway. It had a lot of what look like antennae, and it's very fast.
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What bee do I have nesting in my front yard
Can someone help identify this bee? Its living in a hole between a boulder and a retaining wall. Our tree that is above it is now bleeding sap so I'm worried about the tree. Pest control wont come ...
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Trying to identify this insect
Can anyone help me identify what kind of beetle this is?
It's ~1/4" in size and was found on some air-dried hardwood lumber in the Pacific Northwest.
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Is this insect some kind of pest?
I live near Paris, France. I would like to know if this small flying insect was some kind of pest or not. More specifically, I want to know if it might be a meal moth or a clothing moth. Here is the ...
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What's the name of this insect?
Here's a picture:
That's pretty much it, besides that it was found in Vienna, Austria.
Edit: Thanks to Magne Flåten; it's called Hausmutter in German.
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Identify this organism [duplicate]
Can anyone identify this organism please? Often I see it inside my home on the walls moving very slowly.
please click for a better-quality image
some more info:
Geographical location: India (north ...
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What species of arthropod is in this picture?
I've found exactly one of these, dead, on my kitchen floor most mornings this past week.
It looks like a large flea, is about 1 cm long (picture compares it to a British 10 pence coin, approx. 24.5 ...
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What is the name if this glittery fly seen in Pittsburgh?
I have photographed the following fly which is iridescent green in Pittsburgh, PA.
I guess it was about 0.5-1.5cm long.
Can you help me to identify it?
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Can Anyone Tell Me , Which Insect or I think Moth Is This
Region : Asia ( India ) , Size is about : 4 cm . Since yesterday this Insect is in the same place . I don't know any other info , I was just curious to know about this Insect.
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Varied Carpet Beetle Larvae
I keep finding what I'm 99% sure are carpet beetle larvae on my walls, of all places. Yet when I look around and search thoroughly, I cannot find any signs of an(y) adult Beetle(s). Why/how is this ...
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what's the species identification of that camponotus queen
City: Antalya, Turkey
Date: July 27 night
Specific location: I found it in the middle of the city
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What is this beetle?
During a pit stop on the road from North Carolina to New York (somewhere in Delaware) I found the following (dead) insect in the car park:
As you can see from the quarter next to it (25 mm diameter) ...
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Is this a bed bug or some other bug? [duplicate]
This white/yellowish bugs are crawling over my walls under cracks and below my wardrobe. I am not sure if they are bed bugs or some other bugs, there are very small in size thus I zoomed very much on ...
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Is this a young Ash Bud Moth (Prays fraxinella) caterpillar?
I am building up a my knowledge of organisms that live on trees (not necessarily as pests, but in the respect of the biodiversity that depend on different tree species) and their interactions.
Living ...
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Some kind of fly, identification
It has a really interesting shape. Is this a common fly ?
Edit: I found this in a relative's house. For area, I can say the plateaus and mountainous parts of Turkey's mediterranean coast. I just saw ...
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What is this bug I found at my house?
I found it on my door. I live in Southeast Texas. What is it?
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What's the name of this caterpillar?
It was found in the state of Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.
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