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What is this wasp killing insect?
I spotted these two in my garden. What is this insect? He had firm control over the wasp and was just hanging on by one leg. He appeared to hold on until the wasp stopped moving and then flew away ...
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Insect identification - Is this a bedbug?
This bug was found on a couch in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The couch, and the two beds in the room show no signs of other bugs. Is this a bed bug that I should worry about or something harmless? It ...
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What is this bizarre looking animal we found in the forest? Bug identification
Please can someone identify this?
I can't find anything on the Internet like it. 2 cm long. North Bohemian mountains (Czech Republic).
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What kind of creature is this?
I saw this on Facebook today and have tried researching it myself, but I have had no luck.
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Identification: Creepy 'nope' [duplicate]
While walking back from our routine evening stroll through the hills, we stumbled upon some insect(?). It was the size of an index finger, and it appeared to have some sort of wings. While I tried to ...
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What is this yellowish insect?
I found this insect inside of my shoe. It is approximately 1cm in length and less than half a centimetre wide. It was found in the Netherlands, in the province Gelderland.
Close shot
Distant shot
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Identifying a creature that appears to be a worm wrapped in a cocoon
This creature was found on a bed. At first, I thought it was a piece of lint, but then it suddenly moved. I picked it up in a paper towel and put it in an eye cream containers, which it is currently ...
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Is this a hornet?
I live on the 2nd floor of an old apartment building in Vancouver BC (Canada). A couple of years ago we had an issue with a hornets nest that was difficult to remove because of its location. They ...
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What is this black and white worm in a white case?
The case is very small and it's an off white color.
The thing living inside can come out of either end. It's a black and white looking worm. It will poke its head out and move everywhere!
They are ...
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Black insect with antennas and large abdomen
I found this insect crawling outside near my house, and I have never seen anything quite like it!
It was found in the summer in Denmark.
Length is approx 4 cm (1.5 inc) with the antennae.
What ...
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Trying to identify a beetle seen in Ontario, Canada...and its babies, or parasites?
I'm trying to identify a beetle I took video of in July (around 2010) in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada. Attached below is a still frame.
I've done some googling and was thinking this was a ...
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Horned Mohawk looking insect. What is it?
Any ideas? I didn't know any other way to explain it.
I live in Indiana, USA if that helps.
Someone said it might be a "stink bug" but I'm not sure and not willing to find out!
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Identify this insect, found in Central Vietnam, with long antennae, black wings, and red body [duplicate]
Last year this insect landed on my hand when visiting the My Son city ruins in Central Vietnam.
I've been trying to identify the insect, but until now without result.
Can you help me? Or do you know ...
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Identify this giant green moth(?) with great taste?
One evening in late February I sat down to eat dinner after a day of hiking in hills around New Taipei City and discovered that someone else shared my taste in clothes. A very large green moth-like ...
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Help me identify this insect from Bangladesh
I have seen this insect flying literally everywhere in Dhaka city (Bangladesh) over the last two months. It's small -- around 1-1.5 inches long. It's not an agile flyer and can be easily grabbed by ...
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Worm inside a millepede
I found a dead millipede lying on the ground in Wayand, Kerala (India). I put it in a bottle and brought it home. After around 5 hours a worm came out of it. It is about about 1.5 cm long and ...
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What is the name of this biting bug?
I just was bitten by a bug!!! It is 3mm long and has large pincers. Here is a photo:
I live in Colorado. Any help identifying it would be great.
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What made this black cluster on a leaf?
I found this black slug-shaped thing on a leaf by my pond in western Sweden. It's about 15 mm long, positioned on a vertical leaf (I bent it to take the picture).
And I don't even know where to ...
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What is this insect in North Carolina?
This insect is in my house in North Carolina, USA. I think it shares similar body features of that of a wasp, but it is far too narrow and has what appears to be a long stinger. What is it?
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Species ID: Cape Town mystery insect
This insect bumbled into my bedroom last night - can someone ID it for me? I'm mainly curious because I'd like to know if it poses any danger to my cats (who were very eager to add it to the menu).
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What is this creature I found on my house? [closed]
What is this creature and what species is this?
I found this on my balcony.
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What insect is this? (Central Africa)
I live in Africa (DR Congo). Here we have these insects that look like ants. They appear between May and June.
These insects give severe damage if crushed on the skin. They contain something like ...
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What is this sand covered insect?
I have found in a wooden house, in the mountains of central Spain this very curious insect:
I was wondering if that was its skin or whether it's decomposition or sand or saw-dust. That particular ...
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Insect identification, Chennai, India
Could someone tell me what the species of this beautiful insect is? Location: Chennai, India.
Thank you!
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What is this insect? Found in Peru
I took the pictures today in Cusco Peru. It is the third insect of its class in a month. I never see it before. I thought that it is a wasp, but I think it's really thin to be a wasp. It's about 4 or ...
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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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What insect is this? (India)
Can anyone tell me what kind of insect (if it is one) is this...!! Or is it the pupa of some insect?
Well I don't think that the whole big thing is the insect itself, it appears to be just a kind of ...
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Help identify this red/black Vietnamese insect
I found this strange insect while on Son Tra, Da Nang in central Vietnam. It was about 4cm long and although it was on the ground, was obviously capable of flying. I've never seen anything like this ...
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Identify fuzzy black quarter sized spider with orange on abdomen, in Minnesota
Found this spider on my car in Minnesota near St Paul (USA). Total size including the legs (end of rear leg to end of front leg in picture) is probably about the size of a quarter.
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Beetle identification - Kakadu NP, NT, Australia
I am trying to ID this beetle;
Size: not too big - approximately 2 cm (3/4 inch)
Where: Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia;
When: Southern hemisphere's spring, early September; ...
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Small worm living in some kind of cocoon, what are these animals?
I am curious what animal is this. It is/lives inside some kind of cocoon, about 1 cm in length. They are attached to walls and to the ceiling, but sometimes they fall off. Inside the structure there ...
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Red bug with white tips on antennae
These red bugs can be found in hundreds in our locality in Bangalore, India.
They are just about 3.5 cm and have these white (or maybe pale yellow) tips on their antennae.
Can someone identify ...
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Can you identify this wasp-like insect?
I've never seen anything like it, although I suppose it could be a wasp or an ant with wasp-like colour bands. Found in our garden today (Cambridge, UK). It's about 1.5 cm (half an inch) long.
Thanks!...
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ID request ~2mm insect monstrosity
This tiny monstrosity (~2mm in length) was inside of some kind of "flat tent cocoon" on a pepper plant leaf in Washington state, USA.
Not sure what's going on here. Is it malformed or infected?
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Species Identification: Red velvety insect, India
What species is this?
Description:
Location: India
These insects came out just after overnight rain.
They were all over the place.
Their body looks like velvet.
Are these insects poisonous?
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What causes this acorn disease?
This year, many acorns in our area (Germany, Schartzwald) fell prematurely, plagued by some kind of warts or gall-nuts which I see for the first time:
Some of the acorns are covered by two or three ...
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Strange Striped Insect identification (Northern Indiana)
These bugs are coming out of some wood that I cut and burned in Northern Indiana (USA) . I am not sure if it is coming out of a white ash, cherry or oak. We did have the emerald ash boarer come ...
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Big Bug from Peru
I'd like to have a name for this guy. There were 5 or 6 of them zipping around the flower bed on the coast of Peru about 120 kms south of Lima.
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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 is this insect found in Melbourne, Australia?
This photo was taken a few days ago (late May 2022, during daylight hours) on a timber deck in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. The animal is roughly 3cm long. The photograph shows shed ...
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Insect identification request
I live in France. I've just found several (8) of these in my living room, close to an oak cupboard and my Christmas tree, a cut Abies nordmanniana (supposedly grown in France).
Their body is around 5 ...
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Caterpillar identification: Peru
Could you please help me identify this caterpillar (Amazon rainforest, Peru)?
Is it a species of Megalopygidae???
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I saw these patterns on a hill. Which insect makes such a pattern?
Description of the location
It is in India
The place is 300-400 m above sea level.
There is no water body nearby.
Which insect makes these patterns?
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What is this colourful insect with a large thorn?
Someone sent me the picture so I don't have a lot of details. Is it a real insect or is it fake?
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Are these images of carpenter ants?
When I searched carpenter ant in Google, this looks kind of like some of the images. Some other images show reddish or winged ants and I have not seen any of those.
I've seen 3 or 4 of these big ...
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Identify hematophagous insect
There's a small insect that seems to enjoy residing near trees and takes blood meals. The pain is sharp, comparable to being stung by a wasp.
I'm located in Serbia, Eastern Europe, bordering Hungary ...
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Identification of an insect (?)
This one was found in the woods of northern Poland. It was about 5 cm long and crawling pretty dynamically. For me it seemed a little too big for a butterfly larva.
What is it called?
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Insect identification: white spotted beetle
3 pairs of legs, a pair of antenna, wings absent, compound eye, 4-6 centimeter approx. in size.
I found this beetle at my door, in Pune, India.
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What is this beetle? Found in heather in snowdonia
We were walking in the hills of snowdonia the other day and my girlfriend found this in the heather:
I've never seen anything like it. Can anyone identify it? It was the biggest beetle I've ever seen....
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