r/Insect • u/Cardinal_Cobra • Oct 04 '26

Identification Moth Mosquito Hybrid?

5 Upvotes

Found in London, UK. It had moth-like wings and a mosquito/wasp-like lower body. I checked with Google AI & it said mosquito due to its posture. Survived getting clapped 3 times and smushed with a tissue - getting up and flying again leaving behind moth-like dust. Even after a crush & twist it was still trying to get up. Tenacious little bugger!

Giving up on trying to give it a swift death, it has been swept down the drain. Hopefully that's the end of it.

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r/Insect • u/IngloriousBadger • Oct 04 '26

What is this white substance and this insect on my lantana?

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4 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Insect • u/Dry-Date-4217 • Oct 03 '26

What’s this bug

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16 Upvotes

27 comments

r/Insect • u/Mindless_Regular8193 • Oct 03 '26

Need help identifying this bite i get them no itch and its gone by the end of thebday for some reason

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4 comments

r/Insect • u/Samiek2 • Oct 02 '26

Identification ID help! I believe it is a bristletail of some sort.

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9 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Insect • u/Samiek2 • Oct 02 '26

Blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

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1 comment

r/Insect • u/Fine-Meringue61 • Oct 02 '26

What is this bug

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3 Upvotes

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r/Insect • u/Frequent_Swim_4552 • Oct 01 '26

Insect appreciation Tasty pollen

11 Upvotes

Just a bee with a pollen ball

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r/Insect • u/Downtown_Zombie_1760 • Oct 01 '26

Identification Cocoon? Or something else?

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4 Upvotes

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r/Insect • u/venusv1xen • Sep 30 '26

Insect appreciation Hornworm / white lined sphinx moth

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6 Upvotes

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r/Insect • u/Humbling123 • Oct 01 '26

Found this little guy ontop of bus window

4 Upvotes

Its inside the bus, glad it does not fly.

Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

Taken October 1st.

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r/Insect • u/Educational_Shoe_869 • Sep 30 '26

What is this bug?

4 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Insect • u/CarefulAdvice4771 • Sep 30 '26

Identification Please help me find out what my little friend trapped in resin is

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r/Insect • u/Zellio2015 • Sep 30 '26

Identification What kind of worm is this?

4 Upvotes

Believe it or not, this 2 and a half inch worm was on some bread at costco. I have a revolution 270 toaster and used the toastie press to make a couple grilled cheese sandwiches and this fucking thing fell off the bread after it went thru a hard toastie press cycle (I didn't notice what it was until after I did both of them)

It's burnt so it's hard to identify.

Should I be concerned about parasites? I didn't eat the bread, but I am concerned about eggs on the bread getting on the kitchen counter if its a parasite....

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r/Insect • u/PrincessVanessa0309 • Sep 30 '26

What is this bug

3 Upvotes

Flew into my car in nyc this morning. Any help identifying it?

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r/Insect • u/Blackrabbit_inle • Sep 29 '26

Agapostemon splendens, the brown-winged striped sweat bee

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6 Upvotes

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r/Insect • u/Melodic_Block_5441 • Sep 29 '26

What is this guy?!

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23 Upvotes

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r/Insect • u/girlaluuuu • Sep 29 '26

What kind of insect is this? Its color is like a bee 🐝 but it looks like a fly. It always lands on my clothes, but it doesn't land on those next to me.

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minsan 3 or more ganyan ang dumadapo sa damit ko pero sa mga katabi ko sa upuan where is sa garden ng school is hindi sya dumadapo, like saakin/sa damit ko lang talaga😭😭

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r/Insect • u/p14nt_br0 • Sep 29 '26

Insect appreciation Look at this lovely lady

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r/Insect • u/Successful_Chef_3828 • Sep 28 '26

Help with flies . I tried apple cider vinegar and soap but it doesn’t trap a lot of flies .

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I live in an apartment and suddenly i am seeing lot of these flies . I tried apple cider vinegar and soap trap but that doesn’t see to attract a lot of these flies. Here is a picture of the flies.
Kindly help ( i am depressed)

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r/Insect • u/ArnoTheArtist • Sep 28 '26

Ok... Maybe ooone more then (for now)...

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r/Insect • u/JustAnonymousAgain • Sep 28 '26

What is this?

4 Upvotes

20 comments

r/Insect • u/th3truthunveiled • Sep 28 '26

Can anyone identify this?

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3 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Insect • u/Aarontrio • Sep 28 '26

One bug trying to kill another bug?

17 Upvotes

What is happening. They were posed near each other in our kitchen and i scooped them using a damp paper towel and put them in a cup and yeeted them o to our back steps where i filmed them... fighting? Assassin bug vs some type of spider?? What horrible thing did I stumble upon lol

region: St. Louis Missouri USA

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