We thought we lost him on the curtain but no

41cm double tissue paper

kinda scuffed result, it has a closed back but made with too thick paper so mandibles are too thick. also, the elytra and wings are too small to make the design more efficien.

I gave her/him some sugar water and squished blueberry juice in a cotton swab, it’s been taking it just fine but beyond little bursts of energy it doesn’t seem to be doing well. I think it’s on its last legs :(
Anything else I may he able to do to help it? Or is this a hospice situation

I moved it to a leafy area, but I met this cutie outside of kohls and it hopped onto my shoulder. Photos taken by my boyfriend 🐸💖

This actually scares me for real 😭

Big boy. I love him

(northwest england)

i was poking around to try and find any cocoons in my garden, and found one with this inside. its definitely a caterpillar (upper legs visible) but its basically mummified??

it was in one piece originally, but was so fragile it split as i opened the cocoon. probably a failed pupation or parasitoid, but the body seems too fat, and the only larva on it are other moth larvae (that i reckon may have just found themselves in the cocoon while looking for leaves to roll)

Are these termites? Found small clusters of them on my staircase this afternoon.

Google is saying reproductive termites. If yes, looking for advice on how to handle and how urgently I’d need to call an exterminator! Thanks!

Edit: Location Toronto, Canada

The ant is a tiny creature, yet it teaches some of life’s greatest lessons in persistence and unity.

This morning, I found these little ones turning a massive cicada into a shared feast. Individually, they’re tiny. Together, they’re an unstoppable force…. each one moving with incredible precision toward the same purpose.

Strength in numbers. Precision in purpose. 🐜

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Anyone know what it is? Reverse image search is saying picture winged fly but I’m not sure- none of the photos look like what is on my hand that I found online. Sorry it’s kind of hard to get a good picture of it. It’s very small maybe two or 3 mm at the most. Something is destroying one of my dahlias (but no other varieties). Could be a whole host of other bugs though. Trying to ID this one. Thank you!

Reddit image compression probably gonna beat my ass oh well

Discovered these weird little leaf cocoon(?) things with this slime and worm inside?? What did I find?!

i was downstairs then i go upstairs to my room and im greeted by a crane fly which freaks me out and i am back downstairs currently

ik crane flies arent mosquitos or blood sucking so they arent even dangerous just dumb and i cant flippin throw anything at it cuz then itll just completely ignore it or get one shotted

but i cannot get it out of my room and i would like to sleep without knowing that some creature is in my room flying about and probably will accidentally bump into me

i opened the window and offed the light when i saw it but didnt leave the door closed and the hallway light to my room is on so that probably isnt very good

also theres another one chilling above the stairs i do not want 2 of them in my room most prefferably they can both just be outside

so how do i safely get crane fly out of my room, maybe non safely but this is insect reddit so probably dont like insects being killed

i hope this doesnt sound mean. crane flies are nice just at a distance

Pretty sure it’s a Chinese mantis!

so it looks like this moth decided my kitchen window is a good place to lay her eggs. should i let these hatch in peace or will that end with her babies taking over my apartment? i'm generally against killing bugs as long as my health isn't at risk.

p.s. it's currently pretty warm here so my kitchen window is constantly angled open

I live in dallas, tx and this was around 1am and I have never seen these insects around my door, i’m curious as to what they are.