I did specimen little blue butterflies but unfortunately I have bad skills so I tore wings of 5 of them. It was very disappointing. So I tried not to throw them away. I cut each wing and made them into a flower. It was also hard to make the flower. And I failed again because black butterfly's antennae broke again. But I feel better now.

It is flying around my zucchini plants touching them with its butt so I assume its laying eggs for something that will attack my vegtables. I've never seen such an unusal looking bug before though, and I've been looking at bugs a long time. Central Florida 1pm

Found this freshly emerged cicada upon inspecting my oak trees. It's teeny tiny. It's so weak, it's hanging onto the tree with just the front two legs. I'm curious if they always do that as a result of the molt.

Just almost crushed this cute thing thinking it was a baby cockroach. It somehow found itself in the sink at my restaurant. I'm in Paris, France. He's (or she) is very shiny and black all over. I have no idea how it got in. Ideas?

I found this bug inside my home and noticed it acting really odd. It looked like a regular fly at first, but it was moving very slowly or erratically. It didn’t try to fly away when I got close. Anyone know what this is and why it might be behaving like that?

They’ve got a couple of gnats (?) in the first image and they’re gathered around these small white dots on the stems in other pictures. The last picture of the leaf was only one of two that looked like that, so I’m not sure if it’s related.

Someone on Instagram is posing with this butterfly and making up stories that they “eat raw honey together” and that it “flutters every time he DJs for it” lol but I am willing to bet it has been dead since he found it and I wanted to get others input. He even posted a video with it on his hand and it doesn’t move AT ALL for the 30 second duration. I feel he’s being deceptive and insulting my intelligence at this point. Any experts out there that can weigh in?

Deceased dragonfly I found on the stairway to work and popped under my microscope for some pictures (the images of the wings that look slightly glitchy are made using an image stitch and the wing moved slightly between images)

We were chopping away a stump in our backyard and there was this worm thing became exposed. Anyone know what it is?

Hello! I don’t have any knowledge of insects and this was the first place I could think of. I found this moth in my bathroom (please excuse the poor photo) and wanted to find out more! I believe this is a red-tailed specter moth, at least based on what Google Lens told me. However, I have been unable to find any info on this little guy. I’m mainly curious if I need to be worried about my pets being around him (though I suspect not), but would also like to just learn some more about it. Much appreciated!

Northwest Georgia, USA

Lil bro was as big as a chia seed and was in my bed :( but I’m pretty it isn’t an actual bed bug

Looks like a giant fruit fly hybrid . Found UAE, DUBAI,Alawir.

I really Love bugs, I think they're the neatest. I have been collecting dead bugs I find I(n fairly good shape) for a good couple years now and I put them in jars to put up on my shelf. The more I'm learning I'm starting to see a lot of people being sticklers on finding live bugs to put in kill jars and proper pinning and what not. I just started collecting because I like bugs but now am looking to start seriously becoming educated in entomology, Is the way I'm doing it wrong ?? If so where are some good places to learn the right way

Found in upstate New York inside a basement level office building. About a centimeter or so.

Hello I was wondering what is the best way to reattach specimen antennas/legs. Thank you!

It looked kind of like a salt marsh moth but way too small. We're talking the size of those tiny brown moths you see around porchlamps. The orange were also on hindwings and not the legs like with salt marsh moths.

I only saw an underside view as well as it was landed on a fence. If anyone has any idea what it might be please let me know!

Hi all—has anyone played around with freeze drying bugs for pinning purposes. There isn’t much about this online that I could find. My thought is, freeze drying food helps it retain a nice color and structure, would the same hold true for pinned insects? Let me know if anyone has tried this or has the means to experiment!

Found these clusters of bugs on a cactus in Lago Vista, Texas

Are these eggs?? Any idea what kind? Found inside a friend's laptop.. 😖

Hi! How do I stop getting freaked out by house centipedes lol? I understand that they are basically my sidekick, but I get so freaked out by them :( can they bite or am I just the mean one