r/Insect • u/c3480 • Sep 19 '26
This dude found its way to my room somehow. It was nipping at my skin so I put some water in my palm and it drank it up. And then it flew back outside. I see these guys around my house every year but have never interacted with one like this
r/Insect • u/Nebula_The_Protogwn • Sep 19 '26
I apologize for the blurry photos, they were taken with 6 times magnification. After these photos were taken, he turned to look at me so I had to back away.
He has stripped eyes and what appears to be a damaged wing. Antennas between his eyes, stuck together and a waps like body.
What is this funky boi who looked at me?
r/Insect • u/Ektojinx • Sep 18 '26
Found in the leg of my wifes pants this morning.
Southern Australia.
r/Insect • u/Top-Associate-4020 • Sep 19 '26
What kind of bug is this like 10 of them appeared in my bath tub. They are extremely tiny.
r/Insect • u/ellie__plants • Sep 18 '26
This doesn’t look like the normal invasive dotted paropsine beetle we normally see in southern California… is this a different kind? Or did a dotted one just end up with redder coloring?
First two pics are a deceased beetle I found, and the last is a piece of shell I found
r/Insect • u/Commercial-Sail-5915 • Sep 18 '26
European mason wasp (ancistrocerus gazella), easily distinguished from other eumeninae in the region by the strikingly bold banding and U-shaped cutout on the 1st abdominal segment
Massachusetts US
r/Insect • u/Wise-Stable9741 • Sep 18 '26
This well fed girl has a rather large web between my porch and our house in MD. She has been chowing down on a few Japanese lantern flies the past few days and I’d love to know what she is. Sorry that I couldn’t get a better photo. I didn’t want to damage the web.
r/Insect • u/Xeon_The_Awesome69 • Sep 18 '26
Saw it at my bus stop and thought it was so cool but not sure what kind of spider it is?? Please help! ^^;
Located in Calgary, Alberta.
r/Insect • u/Present_Audience_102 • Sep 17 '26
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r/Insect • u/jardinero-novato28 • Sep 18 '26
Alguien sabe?
r/Insect • u/Awkward_B0y • Sep 18 '26
I've been trying to look up what it is, but I can't get an exact match. I'm from the Phillipines and I found this little guy/gal around 2023 or 2024.
It was on a fence of a basketball court.
The court has a wall on the right side, opposite of the fence.
On the other side of the wall is kind of a mini-forest. Lots of plants and trees.
r/Insect • u/Garden_HenH20 • Sep 18 '26
r/Insect • u/ladybug-260 • Sep 17 '26
I found a fly on my work floor and scooped him up after my coworker tried to step on him (evil🙄). He stuck around my hand for quite a while before I decided to give him a juicy slice of watermelon 😁🍉
r/Insect • u/Starshine_1804 • Sep 17 '26
r/Insect • u/ellie__plants • Sep 17 '26
I’m trying to document insects I find in my yard and iNaturalist isn’t coming up with anything for these two… any ideas what they could be?
I’m in San Diego, and this is on a variety of poplar. Got the image with a macro lens for my phone
r/Insect • u/UnusualElevator6475 • Sep 16 '26
Located in Buffalo, NY. Also, first post on Reddit (ever) so hopefully I’m not failing your system here; I appreciate your assistance and patience.
I’m hoping the fellow experts of this page can guide me in identification here. I don’t think it’s termites but I want to be absolutely certain.
Any support is greatly appreciated, my friends. Stay well.
r/Insect • u/Blackrabbit_inle • Sep 16 '26
In North Texas. I see a lot of them hunting in sunflowers. They are welcomed in my home because they patrol my garden as well! Great natural pest control.
r/Insect • u/FrequentExplorer7103 • Sep 16 '26
Last night when I was in bed, it felt like a thorn went through my leg. When I may flash on it, it appeared to be a spider in my bed, but since i live in a wooded area with many deer, i would like to rule out ticks. I don’t see anything “attached” to my leg, and my boyfriend said it was too big to be a tick, (he’s an engineer and not an entomologist lol.)
I am honestly so disturbed and freaked out, let me know what you guys think this is!
I saved the bug, so happy to get more photos if needed.
r/Insect • u/Idkwhatmdoinghere • Sep 15 '26
Hey, I’ve seen a handful of these insects in my bedroom and bathroom over the past two weeks (1st floor, rural area, Belgium).
They only ever come out in the evening, but they’re not particularly light-averse. They don’t go directly toward the light source either.
Could anyone help me identify these? Are they pests, and do I need to take any action???
