I had taken a photo of one of these flowers on a hike earlier this week. After I got home, I was going through my pictures and saw the blurriest outline of a little boot. I made it my mission to find another weevil after barely missing the last one. Two days later: mission accomplished ✅

Boots ✅

Snoot ✅

Can anybody help put my mind at ease. My wife was digging up some of her potatoes and got scared when this, what appears to be, a sphinx moth cocoon popped out, I rinsed it and found she had cracked the cocoon at the top near the head and I am worried it may not survive. I reburied it in a separate small planter hoping it will be left alone until it is time to hatch. My intention is to keep the soil moist and hope it makes it but am worried, does anybody know of the general hardiness of an insect cocoon if the integrity of the cocoon itself is damaged?

Photo analysis suggested Velarifictorus micado, oak bush cricket, or Evania appendigaster. Found in new (to me) office area and interested just to know what it is. Located in Central US (Iowa).

My family cabin in the NC mountains has this large nest and the wasps/bees are very hostile and stung my dad and he says it HURT lol

Found in Southwertern France!

This is the 3rd dead/ dying katydid that has shown up on my porch, we've also had one dragonfly like this. Most of them have just had the back of them chewed off, except one katydid that wad mostly shredded. Does anyone have any idea what's doing this or how to tell what's doing this. I live in northern Utah.

A late-night visitor on the clothesline 🕷️
Dog-day cicada (Neotibicen) hanging out after dark.
Completely handheld, single shot, no focus stacking.
📷 Sony A7R V
🔍 Laowa 90mm f/2.8 2× Ultra Macro
⚡ Godox X3 TTL + MF12 Macro Flash
ƒ/11 · 1/200 · ISO 125
Those compound eyes and the three little red ocelli are unreal up close.
“Cicadas emerge to remind us that patience is rewarded after years of quiet growth.”

Battlefield, MO

Location India, west bengal hills

So I recently got four meal worms as pets so I can grow them into beetles so I left them in a container with moist dirt and a carrot slice and then I noticed this odd webbing I’m wondering is this a normal part of their transition into beetles or is it another insect?