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Bug identification: rectangular green and copper creature [closed]
I've found a very strange-looking creature on the street of a local park (Russia, Urals). It was 2-3 cm long, almost rectangular, with green and copper colors, running somewhere with low speed. I've ...
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What are the white dots on the tree in this photo?
Today in Kongens Have, I noticed a lot of white dots on bark of trees. There are plenty of them, and they were usually on 'bottom' side of branches. Does anyone know what this could be?
I took a ...
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What kind of bug did I squish?
I saw a bug swimming through my carpet, and promptly squished it. I had never seen this kind of bug before, and wanted to find out what it is, so that I can assess it's danger to my house and family, ...
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Can anyone identify this caterpillar?
Can anyone identify this caterpillar we found on a cauliflower? This was the only photo we could get of it.
Location : Ceres, Fife, Scotland
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What beetle is this?
I've found it in my kitchen. It seems to be that he flew through the window from the street.
The country is Russia.
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Can someone identify this Lepidoptera larva?
That's from Brazilian Amazon, more specifically a small mountain (300 m high) called "Morro dos Seis Lagos" (six lakes hill), at São Gabriel da Cachoeira municipality, Amazonas state, located at 0.283 ...
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Identification of an insect from Bangladesh
This is a video of the insect. Sorry, I don't have any still photograph.
Location: Savar, Bangladesh.
I've been suggested by an insect photographer that it is a caddisfly.
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Can anyone identify this dragonfly spotted outside of Boston, MA?
Can somebody identify this dragonfly please? It was seen about 15 miles west of Boston.
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Are Nilaparvata nymphs winged?
Source: nbair.res.in
I'm wondering if the first individual on the left is a nymph. Even if not do Nilaparvata sp have wings in nymphal stage?
I'd appreciate any authentic source for reference.
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What species of moth is this?
Please help identify this species found at home. I think it's a moth. Size is about 1 cm.
Is it harmful if found at home?
Location: urban home in Hong Kong
Click photo for full-size picture
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Anyone know what this bug is? (Southern California)
I found it in Southern California on the fringes of the Mojave Desert. They seem to have nests similar to ant hills but don't look like any ant I've ever seen. They seem to have shown up within the ...
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What are this designs which I found on curry leaves?
Curry leaves is the plant name where I found designs, but what are the designs present on the leaf?
Location: Argentina
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Help! What kind of spider is this? [closed]
Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this is and if it might be poisonous?
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what is the classification of this stream insect?
This insect I found from Southers region of Bangladesh. Its limbs are larger than its body.and the picture shows its dorsal part.
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What is this insect found in Western Arkansas?
I had my cup of water outside with me, went inside for a few minutes, came back outside and this insect almost found out what was unpleasant about being drunk.
It's 1-2cm long, mostly black, with ...
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Can anyone identify this mystery caterpillar?
I found this caterpillar in in El Cerrito, CA and was wondering what kind it is?
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What is the name of the critter depicted in the attached image?
I found a critter on my bathroom towel. It's really tiny. Maybe 2 milimetres? I placed it on an envelope for the photograph.
Can someone identify what it is?
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Help me identify these two ants
I recently found these two winged ants near a colony. There were 5, but 3 flew away.
Location: Nassau/The Bahamas. November 19, 2017.
Are they queens? And What species?
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What insect is this on the photos?
What insect is this on these photos?
Found in Russia in the living room.
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What kind of insect is this?
Found in Russia in the kitchen. It is about 3 mm long.
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Identification of this fly?
So I find these flies every year in my mulch, and I've never seen them anywhere else. The mulch becomes full of their larvae, which I feed to my toad and lizards. There are so many that you can hear ...
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Cicada Killer Behavior
I've had a giant wasp hanging around outside my window the past few days, so I've resolved to learn more about it. I believe it is a male Cicada Killer, because it displays the following behavior:
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What is this wood-infesting insect?
I have these insects in a very old wooden floor. I would like to know whether they are possibly termites, and if not, what they are.
They are about 4 mm in length (and I've had difficulty taking a ...
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need to identify species of this Leaf-footed bug?
I found this bug in Pune/India. I checked many species of leaf-footed bugs, but none of them is matching this one. It was about 3cm long. It was not showing any movement.
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What kind of larva is this?
It has a body which is divided into three parts:
The head, which is small, with a black, needle-like structure on the tip which I think is the mouth.
The upper body, which has a pure white color that ...
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Identification of an insect found in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
It's 8.5mm long found in front yard. Unusual wing shape. Sorry about the images: the insect is so small my camera was struggling.
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ID please.Small insect from Brazil
Photographed in south east Brazil in the Atlantic rainforest during October 2017
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Stink bug identification
This is a stink bug that I found in Indiranagar, Bangalore. It was dead at that time and had become stiff, so the following are the best pictures I could get. It is 2cms in length. I tried searching ...
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Identification of unknown bagworm (Singapore)
This bagworm was found in Singapore (near McRitchie Reservoir) some time in June 2012.
This is the plant from which the bagworms were obtained:
A few examples of the bagworms:
The bagworm when ...
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Insect Identification needed
I found this sitting on my window, could not understand what it is. Any help would be appreciated.
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Can anyone identify these bugs in the soil? [closed]
I was checking the soil around my pineapple pear tree and found this living down in the dirt. My goal is to identify the insect so I can properly treat the soil in an organic manner.
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What is this insect? Seems to be in Indonesia [duplicate]
https://www.facebook.com/gadik63/videos/707361412787259/
This video has me completely baffled.
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Biological basis of the science fiction story "The Dipteroid phenomenon"
The science fiction novelette by Poul Anderson The Dipteroid Phenomenon describes a plot in which
In the end of the story, it is revealed that:
The novel then further states that the phenomenon of ...
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Can anyone identify this queen ant?
I caught my first queen but I'm having trouble identifying her. Could anyone help me out? She has a reddish brown body and black legs.
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How to distinguish processionary from other caterpillars
Processionary caterpillars have a vast and harmful presence in southern Europe. In northern Italy, in parks and gardens, I often see caterpillar nests in trees, but I do not know how to tell if they ...
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What species of butterfly is this?
This big fellow came to visit my kitchen (in Hong Kong) a bit earlier.
It is brown with some longitudinal white stripes, banana/boomerang-shaped patterns towards the middle, and an eye-like marking on ...
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Need to identify this insect and ways to eradicate it [closed]
I need some help in identifying this unknown insect that was found in my kitchen.
Thanks in advance.
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What is the name of this moth found in Virginia USA?
Found in Virginia, USA on Nov 1 2015, 10:34 AM.
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Could someone please identify this species?
I have come across these insects a lot more lately, as far as I can tell, they can sustain a hover state in flight. I'm actually quite interested to know what these are, seeing they look like a cross ...
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Found a larva in my broccoli, is it a Small White (Pieris rapae)?
Found this living larva in broccoli from a store. It was about 10 mm long. It was in july this year, and I don't remember the country of origin for the broccoli. A bit of googling makes me think it ...
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Please identify this bug/insect [duplicate]
Ten of these bugs were found behind my bed. I live in Northern California.
The bug is 5mm in length.
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I photographed a couple of butterflies and birds in Argentina but can't identify them. What are my options? [closed]
I photographed a couple of birds and butterflies in Argentina and tried to identify them. I tried online species identification tools, looked in books, and just tried to find pictures on Google with ...
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What species does this moth belong to?
It was found a few days ago in the state of Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.
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Are these termites?
These are outside a window in Phoenix, Arizona. I looked on the internet for pictures and these guys looked very similar to winged termites.
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Identification of a mysterious lifeform, what is this? [duplicate]
For the third time in a row, I found a mysterious life-form inside my house. I live in the Netherlands in the Eindhoven region, in a city called Oss near a forest area. Before I set it free outside, I ...
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