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Run by: Taylor (ex0skeletal-undead) (he/him)
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ohhh I love baby mosquitos so much...I wish I could just look at them wiggle and give them little treats forever. I wish we did not need to fight them for public health. little wiggly fuzzlets guilty of nothing
OP is an entomologist. This is exactly how you should hold a butterfly, especially one this large. Losing some wing scales won't affect their ability to fly but getting stepped on sure will.
small bird was VERY offended that I picked him up off the sidewalk like a potato chip. don't fall asleep on the sidewalk then
@pizzaisgo submitted: Huge locust (? grasshopper?) I found chilling at night in an underpass. Was at least 5cm long, closer to 7-8. Found in Northern Italy
Large lad! It's an Egyptian bird grasshopper aka Egyptian locust. "Locust" is just a term for any species of grasshopper that has a swarming phase. This species can swarm but usually doesn't.
Found this v e r y little guy while cleaning outside and was wondering if you could identify him
From Northeast Texas
It's a butterfly caterpillar, and I think one of the hairstreaks. I'd put my money on the soapberry hairstreak, Phaeostrymon alcestis. But mayyyybe a banded hairstreak? Their markings are variable.
Certainly looks like it was based on one of the bee flies! There are a lot of species.
Bombylius species like the one above may be cute but they're hardcore - females lay their eggs near the nests of solitary bees where the bee fly larvae hatch and consume the bee larvae in the nest. Yum :)
@takexthisxlight submitted: What do you do when you no longer have any carpet beetles that you tool care of over the winter but have a lot of extra beetle jelly?
Put some of it outside and see what gets to it first.
I'm not surprised by the result, and I'm happy there's an ant colony out there whose eating well tonight. 🤗
Beetles are my favorite insects now, but ants were my favorite when I was younger.
I'm not surprised at all! Glad these fellas enjoyed the tasty snack :)
@zinderant submitted: At the start of this and the previous spring, these little guys started showing up near my windows, trying to get outside. They’re very tiny, about a centimeter long. I’m assuming it’s some kind of bee, but I can’t find which. Any idea? This is in the Netherlands.
I am bad at IDing bees! There are so many that look exactly the same to me. Maybe a furrow bee or mining bee? If anyone else is good with IDing bees feel free to suggest a species but please no random guesses if you don’t know. It’s not helpful.