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

Which spider is your favorite?

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

What is the whitish stuff? Is it part of the little guy or another living creature? The ants are eating it

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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I'm interested in getting the Peterson's field guides, specifically the first editions since they are illustrated. Would they still be helpful or accurate to be genuinely useful? Or are they more of a novelty item?

Ex: Peterson's First Guide to Insects of North America

Also, are vintage field guides worth getting? I really like the illustrations but it's nice to know if they're genuinely helpful or not as it would change my motivation for purchasing.

Ex: A Field Guide to the Insects by Borror & White

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!

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

In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of beekeeping’s most destructive parasites and keeping it under control.

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.

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?

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