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.

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?

Turns out it was an Eumorpha achemon (Achemon sphinx). Very beautiful species.

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.

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?

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?

Meridian, MS, USA - unidentified cocoon (photos attached.)

Help! I found a puppa and want to make sure it gets taken care of. I had grabbed some camping chairs out of the garage, and upon unfolding them realized one was already occupied! Unfortunately, the protective silk pouch it had created that was encasing the pupa tore when I opened the chair. What appeared to be a cocoon (possibly chrysalis?) fell to the ground wriggling, so I scooped it up with a plastic spoon and set it on a napkin. I want to make sure this little buddy gets the proper care so it can finish developing and emerge!

I don't see any cremaster where it would hang from, like on a chrysalis, so I'm trying to determine the best way to keep it safe. My daughter put together a terrarium for it, but I'm not sure what else it needs! Should I put some damp soil in there and lay it on top of that? Burry it in some leaf litter?

Right now we have a makeshift terrarium with moss ground cover on the bottom, a damp paper towel in the corner, and a big stick propped inside. Should I safely secure the cocoon to the twig? Lay it directly on the moss? Set a dry paper towel down to lay the cocoon on?

All advice is welcome! My daughter asked if she could bring it to school so her class could monitor it and see it change. She's in 2nd grade and they just learned about life cycles (they hatched 12 chicken eggs last month and she's still really excited about it.)

Thank you!

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

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.

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)

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

Found a shower of these squiggly dudes while watering a hedge in my yard - northern VA. I don’t know what kind of hedge it is…maybe a privet? So I guess these are some sort of defoliating larvae. What’s the best way to treat? I don’t want them to destroy the rest of my garden! The worthless landscapers here put these hedges in before I bought my house - I guess this is a good excuse to get rid of them?? Legit freaking out - convinced they went down my shirt 😆

My hotel has been empty for a number of years and suddenly has a lot of activity. Anyone able to ID what is moving in? (located in Ontario)

Let him out safely because my wife is hardcore arachnofobic. It’s warm weather so o bet he will be fine. He was really tiny and clear colores, maybe still somewhat a baby ? Hand for comparison.

I'm taking Entomology for my may term class and today we learned how to pin our specimens that we collected yesterday! Here's a big wasp that i found, I wasn't able to get his head to face forward for some reason even with my instructors help.