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What insect is in the PHP bugs logo?
Well, maybe this is a question more suited to Stack Overflow, but anyway, I am curious, which insect is the one in the logo of the PHP bugs site? Is it an actual insect or just a generic "bug"?
It ...
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Do you know what type of insect this is?
I found these in my appartment (we live in a half basement). It's been three so far and I can't find the thing anywhere in insect lists, etc. Could you tell me what type of insect this is?
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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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What is this rather large insect in northwestern USA?
As you can see from the ants in the first picture, this insect is peculiarly large - over an inch long. I thought it was dead in the first picture, but it started moving around the next day. A couple ...
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what species of ant is this?
I found this queen ant on the pavement (in Adelaide) its about 1 cm long and I am not sure what species it is, is someone able to help me?
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What is this bee/wasp nest?
Perhaps this is a tropical wasp. Can you identify it? Is it artificial?
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What kind of larva is this? (Southern CA, USA)
I need help identifying this larva:
(Click images for full size versions).
There's about a dozen of them in my parents' bathtub and I'm not sure what they are or where they are coming from.
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Help in identifying an insect
My cat has been messing with that insects. It looks quite unusual.
Anybody here can help me identify it, so I can make sure it's not dangerous?
Location: Israel
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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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What are the white eggs growing from a black stem on the Napa cabbage plant?
Are they fungal or eggs?
Can't find anything like this in the internet
Location: South Florida
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What made this small light weight bee hive-like structure?
This structure was photographed in mid December in Eastern Iowa, USA along a path within a public use area with tall grasses framed by small to medium trees. It is approximately 5 cm (2 inches) long ...
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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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Help me identify this insect
Over the last week or so as warmer weather has arrived, I've noticed small insects crawling around in the bathroom. I'm located in western Europe. They are perhaps 1mm in length, quite difficult to ...
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What kind of caterpillar type bug is this?
I've made a photo using the reversed 58 mm lens and my cropped DSLR:
Could you please help? I really don't know where this came from.
I found it in Russia.
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What is this insect wing, based on its vein pattern?
I've heard that it's possible to identify insect species uniquely based only on the vein patterns of their wings. Is this true? If so, what is this?
The image is taken from an unsolved Internet ...
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Identify this insect with a big "face" pattern on its brown fuzzy wings
Hiking in low mountains in northern Taiwan in early May I noticed that something seemed to be looking at me from the ground, and it turned out to be the pattern on an insect's wings.
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Small black slow-moving insect showing up in the home
In the past few weeks (winter) I've started to notice these insects crawling about various places of the home.
Slow-moving like a beetle.
Black all over.
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Can you identify this bee?
Found on the ground on dried cottonwood leaves in southern Utah.
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What is this animal that hides in dustlike structure?
I'd like help identifying the species of animal in these two photos. There's some dust(or dust-like substance) with something alive inside of it (possibly a larva or I don't really know what to call ...
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Can anyone ID this ant queen species?
It was found in Hong Kong! Below are a few basic information:
Place: Hong Kong
Habitat: Forest. I live very close to a mountain with lots of forestation.
Where Collected: Found it in my window slit ...
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What is the scientific name of this butterfly?
I have this butterfly but I don't know its scientific name. I think that it's a common butterfly which can be seen everywhere (btw, I'm in Taiwan.) Thanks for your help :D
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Identifying insect in Sri Lanka
I saw this one in our garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It seemed to be hiding from the harsh sunlight that was there. I have never seen this bug before. Anyone know what bug this could be?
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Bumblebee (?) identification
These bumblebees live on my balcony, in ventilation holes in doors and windows. I'm trying to find the exact name of the species, but I can't find any that look exactly like this. Their top segment is ...
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Larva of Halyomorpha halys?
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 ...
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Can you identify this insect?
I found this insect in my own courtyard in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain; during mid-February. My courtyard is never directly exposed to sunlight and is always cold, poorly lit and humid. It ...
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Insect identification - Possible grasshopper or grass beetle
We found a small insect on our window and we cannot decide whether it is a type of grasshopper or grass beetle. It doesn't seem to want to fly, but was on a first floor bedroom window, and walks ...
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Identify little green long legged bug
Discovered attempting to hide on bathroom sink handle at night, though bathroom light had been left on.
Barely reacted to attempts to capture it at all. No flying. No jumping. Just really slow ...
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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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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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Can anyone help identify which insect is this?
I know this may not be the right forum for insect identification, but I couldn't find any reliable source of information. Please bear with me
The insect was found on my front door, total length may ...
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Help me identify this Bug species
I found this insect in Pune/India. Its body size was less than 1 cm. It was near light source. I suspected it to be Juvenile Thread-legged Bug, but i am not sure. Is my suspicion right or is it some ...
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Insect Identification. Moth or dragonfly or?
Found on the exterior wall of my house taking cover from the rain it seems. Wingspan is approximately 5cm. I live in the South SF Bay and it has been rather cold and rainy this week.
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I would like to know what this insect is please
Noted on the side of a tree in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest in Oct 2017. About 3-4 cm long . Middle of a very hot day.
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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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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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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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Bug Identification: Black Insect with Red/Orange dot on back
I lifted the cover off my push bike today and discovered 15-20 of these insects all along one of my brake cables.
A few were tending to "egg" like structures that were stuck to the cable and ...
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What kind of bug is this? I found it on my Cleome plant in Atlanta Georgia
This bug was on my cleome plant in Atlanta Georgia
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What is this arthropod?
It is approx 2cm long and was discovered in house after a bush walk & BBQ at Riverside Garden Reserve in Mandurah, Western Australia. It has 6 legs.
Thanks! :-)
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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 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 kind of spider is this? I have never seen one like this before
This was on my butterfly bush yesterday with a moth by the neck. I have never seen one like this before. Just wondering what the name is. This is in southern Illinois.
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What flying insect is this? Resembles Wasp / Crane Fly / Moth?
What insect is this?
Found this in southern Bangalore, India. Looked dangerous, flew really slowly with its body upright and legs spread out and landed on a wall.
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What are the blue and white things on this Sunburst lichen?
I am a amateur photographer I found some interesting things when I got home and looked at my photos. There are some blue/white cocoon. I like structures on top of the sunburst lichen. I live in ...
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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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Can anyone identify this caterpillar / cocoon?
This insect is about 0.5 mm in length, so it is very small. It doesn't have legs I don't believe, I am not too good at this but I don't know if it's a worm or more like a cocoon for something.
I do ...
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Identification of a red arachnida (?) (picture and video)
I found this in a greenhouse in Norway. It is a few millimeters in size, I could fit 5-6 of them on my thumbnail.
It looks a lot like this one from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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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):
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What is this small black insect with an orange stripe?
Sorry for the poor quality of the second image, but a slightly different perspective may be useful.
This was taken in South Africa, Western Cape during the day.
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