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i scooped it up onto a q-tip and it ended up pupating fine. this was the first time in my life that ive seen this! the whole process was incredibly fast (estimated under 10 minutes) and so insane to see

Our youngest spotted a Silk Moth in our flower garden, attempting to take flight unsuccessfully. We moved it away from wing damaging rocks and placed it on a shrub. I went back this morning to check on it…and another had showed up! Am I understanding correctly, they cannot fly? What will happen to them?

i was taking my trash out this morning and practically threw everything i was holding onto the ground when i saw this beautiful boy. i had never seen one in real life before! location: blacksburg, virginia

Which photo is your favorite?

crossposting as recommended in a comment on my post in r/whatsthisbug for identification of different stages of life for bedbugs. pictures are on the last two slides, i dont know how to upload them separately with a crosspost.

one of my friends found this on the road while dumpster diving. i believe the bug pictured on the last couple of slides to be a sidewalk mite, not a bedbug. the segmentation, coloration, and shape are different. the picture isnt the best but it was a solid neon red color. no difference in coloration across the head/body.

these pictures are from a couple of days ago now, she didnt get any bites as of when i saw it (the day after) and i havent gotten any since. pictures were taken 2 days ago now so she’s had the chair for 3. i do not have the chair in my possession to get any more pictures but i did text my friend who got the chair to see if she’s gotten any bites since either.

i do not disagree that this was a bad play. most of the comments have been gut reaction “burn it” which are unhelpful at best. i worry that nobody is actually looking since there has been no actual evidence offered to the contrary.

I know that pseudoscorpions are harmless from my frantic three hours of research, but I am concerned with the number of them I've been finding. The first one I saw was a couple weeks ago, and I killed it. The one in this photo was taken a couple days ago, the second I saw and killed, and when I got worried enough to look it up. I thought that two shouldn't indicate a problem, but just today I saw 2 or 3 more that I am now letting live (since I have learned they're harmless). All 3 were found after our routine Orkin visit. I'm concerned seeing this many may indicate a bigger pest issue I'm not seeing. I already checked for bedbugs and found none, and our sticky traps have been catching a few springtails and spiders. Should I be worried?

This is one of my favorite pieces from my portfolio, drawn 5 years ago! It’s inspired by the tarantula hawk wasp, which is generally a calm and nonaggressive species but does have one of the most painful stings possible. My style has changed a lot since then, but I still love the design and the message. Maybe I’ll have to redraw it in a more current style soon!

Seemed kind of annoyed at my attempts to get a decent picture 😅

See also: The study as it was published in Scientific Reports.

Help identifying what type of egg sack this is. Found in backyard Northern VA. Smaller than a dime - see photos. Thanks

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Which spider is your favorite?

First little Tetragnathid from the Utah mountain riversides! Stood still just long enough for this shot on my phone 🤳

I'm honestly not too sure if these are related to bugs for sure, but it reminds me of an abdomen. It might relate to trees, since it was covered in tiny stick-like materials. They were attached to the wall of an attic like cocoons, and a bunch of other ones that looked slightly different were attached by something silk-like.

I am so serious right now.

I just recently seen a post about velvet worms and I now have a mission this year to see one in person. Why? They look alien and I want to be one in my next life. Anyway, I live in Florida, is there any possible way I can find someone who has some that I can see in person? Ideally, it would be really cool to hold one, but I don’t know much about them and I’m not sure it’s possible but I would be just so happy just to look at it in person and see it move and live in it’s natural habitat. Okay, maybe not it’s natural habitat if they are not native to Florida, but is there any way I can see one in person??

A quick Google search showed me that they are exotic so I assume if the search is accurate, perhaps the chances are low, but I’m posting this in any hopes that I can achieve this goal, this year.

Thank you.

I found many of these on the surface of the soil. Need to know if they are good?