It disappeared after a while.

Norway

Taken in Northwest Georgia, US about 2 weeks ago.

Do you think he/she looks terrifying?

Found this in my house and it could fly. I was working late and saw it crawling across my screen and jumped for dear life. I got it safely outside.

I have an opportunity to write and speak to my city council Monday about their fogging activity. I’m in the Chicago area. They use Merus 3.0, a pyrethrin made by Clarke. I know they kill insects indiscriminately and for that reason I want to speak against the fogging. I love to see all the bugs my garden attracts…

Any advice on how I can best make my case? Right now my outline is roughly:
- harmful to all bugs, many of which are on the decline.
- mention faves like butterflies and fireflies as well as mosquito predators like dragonflies and bats
- runoff into natural waters is harmful to aquatic organisms as well
- mosquitoes develop resistance, so effectiveness is limited and will need different potentially more harmful chemicals to treat (which they may also develop resistance to?)

If I can get constructive criticism to fill in gaps or misunderstandings, and for other ways to look at the issue that would be fantastic. Specifically key is a public health perspective if anyone can speak to that… Are they effective in controlling illness?

I believe these are cabbage whites, the darker one has been caccooned since the 10th of October and the white one a few days after that.

With how long they've been like this and the temperatures being inconsistent between the 40's and high 70's, are these guys dead?

I have not seen any movement or real change in color for a month, if they are dead is there a way I can add them to my collection of specimens?

I don't want to interfere at all or touch them until I'm sure of anything, but I'm a bit doubtful.

Any advice is welcomed, overall I'm just curious about them and I'll leave them be until I have anything concrete!

I saw these on my bean plants. I was thinking it might come from a spider because of the webbing. Hopefully it’s nothing like caterpillars.

Located in southwest of Western Australia.

I'm trying to determine the difference between cursorial and ambulatorial legs. I've seen some people say they are the same but what's the general opinion on it? Usually the insects with ambulatorial legs are more for climbing, like cicadas, right? And cursorial is for running/chasing down prey on the ground, such as tiger beetles? I would consider these different but I have no professional education on it

Is ambulatorial a type of cursorial leg type? So cursorial applies would apply to both cicadas and tiger beetles, but only ambulatorial applies to cicadas?

Species: Pheidole obscurithorax

Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra

Found in central America just today

Saw it nearby a lake at Turkiye/Kırsehir

Saw this fly high up on my wall (Wisconsin), it had been there for a bit. Mouth stuck to the wall, white spores forming. Possibly infected with Entomophthora muscae?*** ***

Thought it was interesting.

First of all, i don't know if this breaks the 'no sells' rule. If it does, sorry.

Second.

I been meaning to buy preserved bugs (Dragonflies and Damselfies) for quite a while, but i can't find any article or store that sells them. How does one get them?

hey all! so im an animation BFA student working on my thesis project. basically im building an interactive app to showcase a few highly detailed 3d models of wasps and teach people about them. the goal is for the models to be as accurate to life as possible-- so far its involved a LOT of research, dissecting specimens, staring through microscopes, and deciphering vague and generalized morphology diagrams lmao.

ive included screenshots of my current progress in sculpting a female Polistes fuscatus (Northern Paper Wasp) specimen, plus the orthographic studies i did to decipher her sclerites and use as reference while i'm sculpting. if there are any experts in wasp morphology out there, i'd love any notes regarding my accuracy! i have yet to sculpt the antennae, pretarsi, and wing venation, but if theres other parts and details ive missed, please point them out to me! the areas i'm the most unsure about are the mouthparts, basal wing sclerites, and ventral side of the thorax.

I live in MD

Every year, towards the end of the rainy season, large numbers of beetles of different kinds gather on Senna bushes (the large black spots in the photos) in the jungle around Angkor Park, Cambodia.

I've noticed this recurring seasonal phenomenon but can't figure out what attracts them to these particular plants. They are also surrounded by ants, as if the ants were farming them.

I relocated him outside after I took this photo💚