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Questions looking to find the name of a specific organism. Please include as much information as possible on location/habitat, size/characteristics and behavior. Ideally, you should provide images.
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What type of insect is this?
From the general body plan, it looks like it's probably a robber fly. Here's a page of specifically Kentucky robber flies – it's possible yours could be a Bearded Robber Fly.
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Bee (?) identification
Nice pictures! From the back pattern, size, and antennae shape, I'd say this is very likely a Cicada Killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus), cf., for instance, this picture taken at a similar angle to yours …
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What Aquatic Mammal has no Tail?
Looks like a mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) to me. Location, appearance, and minimal tail all match.
A bit more detail:
Where I'm from on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, they're not uncommon, …
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What is the name of this plant?
This looks like some species of Phytolacca to me.
It's possibly Phytolacca americana, which is native to the US (in fact it's an enthusiastic 'volunteer' in my garden) but naturalized in Europe.
If …
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What is this beetle?
Looks like it must be a male Dynastes tityus (Linnaeus, 1763).
There are photos for comparison, and a full description with maps and some interesting notes on habitat and behavior, on the University …
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What is this small black bug found in Turkey?
Looks like a scarab beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Species is difficult to tell without better pictures, but perhaps Scarabaeus typhon?
Edit: OP has IDed in comment as Scarabaeus jalof
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Identify bee in photo (found in Utah, USA)
Yes, this looks like Apis mellifera, which is also one of the most common bees you'll run into. If you have other pictures, you could check the identification tips at the bugguide page for the species …
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Does anyone know what kind of caterpillar this is?
Looks similar to a Rusty Tussock Moth (Orgyia antiqua) caterpillar, but you might want to check the bugguide page for the species, or submit your photo there for a second opinion.
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Help Identifying Tree
It looks like this could be Lotebush, Ziziphus obtusifolia. The thorny branchlets and blue-green color (at least, as it appears in the photos) suggest Ziziphus to me, although you could compare it wit …
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What is this plant in the Butler, Pennsylvania area?
That looks like a bit like a Smilax to me, possibly Smilax herbacea.
Make sure you have a positive ID on any wild plant before you eat it, but if this is Smilax it looks like you don't have to worry …
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What kind of tree could this be?
As @fileunderwater suggested, this looks like an Acacia. Like many others with OSX, I have this incuded picture of an acacia as one of my screensaver rotations.
It looks very similar in bauplan to th …
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Are these termites?
They could be halictid bees, possibly Agapostemon splendens.
Yours looks very similar to this picture
(by Bob Peterson)
Compare also with this one on bugguide and to the pictures of Agapostemon s …
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Identification of an Insect (Hemiptera)
species ID
I feel reasonably confident this is a late-instar Acanthocephala declivis nymph (that is, almost-but-not-quite-adult).
Compare your pictures with those on bugguide of a similarly-aged ind …
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What is this insect I found in Russia?
This is a wasp, (see that nice slim "wasp waist" it's got?), which means taxonomically that it is in the order Hymenoptera (which it shares with bees and ants).
Within Hymenoptera, wasps are diverse …
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What is this insect that has invaded my home in Texas?
Myodocha serripes
http://www.americaninsects.net/ht/myodocha-serripes.html
Nice picture! Generally, the body plan of this guy indicates Hemiptera (the 'true' bugs), but the long neck is a bit strang …
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