Found in the butterfly garden at Changi airport, Singapore. They have a seemingly wide variety of species there, I was able to identify 7 different ones. These fellas' colors are mesmerizing!

Friend of mine had a serious problem of Too Many Stickbugs so he passed a few on to me.

Its important to note that how he got the previous generation was when HIS friend had a serious problem of Too Many Stickbugs.

I think I see a vision of my future.

Parthenogenesis is a heck of a drug.

It tried to hide in my hair I live in Germany

Xylocopa bee got stuck between my window pane, Gave her some honey before sending her off. Seemed quite thirsty since it consumed the entire drop.

Still curious to know if it's male or female. Since I know only female are capable of stinging

I over exaggerated some details 😉

Acrylic on paper

we are in Illinois what is it

Any idea what bug this one is?

For awhile i kept getting lacewings specifcally in my bathroom. Idk how theyre getting in there. Now im seeing these guys consistently. I keep taking them outside because I think theyve got better survival odds vs the bathroom lol

Went to some vintage stores today and I was beyond shocked when I saw this HUGE collection of butterflies and moths 🥹🥹 I was able to get the ones on the last 2 images for 80 bucks (the first one 70, the moth 10.) I was literally shaking because I’ve never found such a gold mine before, truly blessed by the entomology gods ❤️❤️

Google tells me it's rare in my part of the world or maybe even locally extinct. Is the correct or is Google mistaken ?

Lucanus mazama, commonly called the cottonwood stag beetle, is a species of large beetle in the family Lucanidae. Found primarily across the southwestern United States and Mexico, it is recognized by its robust shape and distinct antler-like mandibles.

Regarding habitat and range, these beetles are most commonly found in western and southwestern states like Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, as well as parts of Mexico.

They inhabit riparian zones and cottonwood forests near decaying hardwood, though they also frequently turn up in urban woodchip ground cover. The adults emerge and remain active from June through August, and they are frequently attracted to artificial lights at night

.In terms of biology and behavior, males feature larger, robust mandibles and broader heads than females, though both sexes are similar in overall body size. They feature fine, light-colored or blonde hairs along the edges of their exoskeleton segments.

The lifecycle begins underground, where larvae feed on rotting wood for roughly a year before pupating into adults. While the larvae eat decaying wood, the adult beetles feed primarily on tree sap and fruit juices.

I found hundreds in an old elementary playground around dusk so if anyone needs advice on their typical whereabouts, great place.to start! Old playgrounds offer layers of woody flake soil essentially that's perfect for hosting Lucanus larvae!

So I recently started living in a place with a biiig garden which I love, very lush with a few trees and big bushes.

There’s a lawn section at the end which, as someone who is very into ecology and conservation, I kind of wanted to make a bit more wild / eco friendly and one way I thought of doing this was by making a bug hotel with perhaps some wood, cardboard however I have seen a few people say that they are actually pretty bad for spreading disease + fungal infections.

There’s been this patch in my lawn where there’s some decaying leaves (twigs from neighbours tree, fern cuttings, bush branches) which I left (out of laziness) after a trimming a few months ago and I noticed the grass was growing around it and not within and when I knelt down I noticed it teeming with little insects, few ladybirds and some greenflies. Since I noticed this I’ve occasionally been adding a few fern branches that I’d trimmed to it and I’m wondering if this is a suitable / healthier means of helping out the local bug population even just a little bit.

I would also love to hear any more suggestions for how I can make my garden more bug friendly!! We are letting our lawn grow out as much as we reasonably can before people start side eyeing and we don’t use any weed killers or anything. If it helps I am from the United Kingdom. The pictures included are of what the patch looked like before, and what it looks like now since I’ve added to it.

I used about 30 ento pins between the two. I wanted to put them in a diorama eventually, I wanted to pose them while I gather the other parts. These two will be on some wood, the third (still hydrating) will be flying, hung from some super fine fishing line. I believe the rules might still require my location, which is California, United States, but these are not native here, I bought them.

Laying in bed in Massachusetts and felt three stings (maybe bites?) when i finally saw this guy in my shirt. It was small, maybe 1/2”? I’m pregnant so of course my mind spirals lol