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Three dabloons

(Xylocopa virginica, 8/13/2025)

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*Hands you a snake*

Found this little fellow, probably a young hatchling, in a window well and he was chill enough to let me photograph him for about 20 minutes after retrieval

(Storeria dekayi, 7/18/2025)

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The killerrrr

This one’s a (non-stinging) male, you can tell because he’s smaller than a female and has only one spur on his hind tibiae instead of two

(Sphecius speciosus, 7/30/2025)

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One thing about milkweed beetles is that they are dramatic little creatures

Large male beetle (approaching on the left) notices a smaller male (far right) mating nearby

LM harasses SM by biting at his head and antennae

LM pulls SM off the female, who runs off, probably figuratively rolling her eyes at this nonsense. The males headbutt in combat. LM wins and continues to harass SM

SM escapes, but LM is still riled up, so he turns his ire on a Japanese beetle instead

(Tetraopes tetropthalmus, Popillia japonica, 7/15/2025)

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Ceuthophilus pallidipes (1 observation)

There are two others I got the first photo on the site of too:

Ceutorhynchus medialis (3)

Clastoptera salicis (3)

icebreaker questions for extremely specific audiences: what's your iNaturalist observation with the fewest total observations

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How is it possible for an animal to be this cute. Ouppy

(Spilosoma virginica, 6/16/2025)

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Scratched my arm up trying to collect a gall off a tree

But friends I Did get the gall

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Treehoppers with massive crests ily

(Smilia camelus, 5/15/2025)

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Let’s hide in a crevice with mama

(Tigrosa sp, 5/30/2023)

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Just out of frame: the female carpenter bee this big guy was hovering around for like five minutes making heart eyes at

(Xylocopa virginica, 4/24/2025)

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Earwig nymphs! And possibly the mom

(Forficula auricularia, 4/15/2025)

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Very underrated springtime bug

(Sylvanelater cylindriformis, 4/13/2025)

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Flat fuck Friday

(Cucujus clavipes, 3/14/2025)

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Recently found some male strepsipterans swarming a bee, presumably one with a female twisted-wing hanging out on its abdomen. Very happy about seeing these funky little insect parasites in person!

Here’s a better view of one I collected from the swarm

(Stylops sp. (twisted-wing) and Andrena sp. (bee), 3/18/2025)

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I never quite know which bugs non-entomologists are going to find cute, but this yellowjacket cleaning off her antennae and peets seems to be one

(Vespula maculifrons, queen, 3/18/2025)

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Goofy interaction I saw between two assassin bugs

(Pselliopus barberi, 3/18/2025)

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The weather’s warm enough for bugs again finally thank god

(Gibbobruchus mimus, 3/10/2025)