I found it in my soil of my cannabis plant

Seems like some kind of wasp to me, landed in front of me whilst I was walking home, seemed rather fatigued. Spotted in Yorkshire, England.

One of the favorite methods I have ever seen is the method that was used by Albert Stewart Meek. I find it funny because it is the worst way to killing insect specimens.

I am a highschool senior and recently got into Cornell University as an entomology major. I also got into Amherst college, which would be a vastly different (but equally amazing) experience. I am having a hard time deciding and wondered if people here have experiences with Cornell's undergrad entomology program. Amherst doesn't have an entomology major but I would study evolutionary biology there and hopefully go to grad school to study native bees later.

I also wonder if an undergrad entomology degree would stand out more when applying to grad schools/give me more opportunities later on. Having such a specific focus on entomology might also qualify me for some jobs right out of undergrad. Thoughts? Thank you so much!

I need to catch more fish and make sure my lures are matching the current hatch. Any help appreciated!

I live in central alabama, U.S. and I was boiling eggs, I believe this came put of the egg once it cracked in the pot, I thought it was a silver fish but I'm not sure

Located near San Luis Obispo, California. Found in 2 separate vineyards

For context- I moved her from a fence post to a mature walnut tree that was near said fence. So happy to see this today. 🥺 The antennae on the male are magnificent!

Hello I'm in Texas hill country. Found this crushed in my bedroom after I had come in from the outside. It is all farms around me. Very rural. This is tiny too. The mandibles are confusing me. One woman in a group tried to say was a bed bug. I'm inclined to think it's a lacewing larvae or earwig but I've only got this to go on as I found it this way. Any help to ease my mind is appreciated

They were flitting about but landed near some grass when they got startled by me. Hope they managed to get back in the mood when I left lol.

So I have never liked bugs, probably because I grew up in the city and never went camping etc so would see my family reacting to bugs negatively in the house LOL so I do the same. It was mainly spiders but now I realized I don't mind spiders but it's these other bugs that I don't even know the species that scare me. Like in my backyard I picked up the bbq cover that flew down there a bit ago and it was absolutely covered in various insects. I haven't been able to go back there. Even in my house I'm scared since the warm weather is here so been cleaning very vigorously. Problem is, I want to go camping, fishing, hunting etc. But I know there's gonna be hella insects involved in those activities. I've been to zoos where there's insects and I'm fine with that knowing they're contained, looking at them is cool. It's just the thought of them dropping in my hair, or down my clothing. Last year I also had a tick on me so I freaked the f out about that lol. Also doesn't help I'm allergic to mosquitoes so my bites get extremely large and painful. Anyways, with this background info, any advice on how to get over this fear??!

Hello,

I'm sorry not to have an image of the insect that scared me two days ago, but I really never seen it in this area (northen Italy) and I'm curious on what it may be. I was unable to find it on Google or using Chat GPT.

It reminds closely a wasp, but 4x the size, very thin waist and what it look like a sting, but it was slightly but firmly pointing upward, with a little, elegant curve. Not quite like a scorpion, because it was very short, but you get the idea.

Mostly black, but I'm quite sure it had also yellow. The wings were narrow, long and stiff.

Again, sorry for the lack of images but it landed in a place I was unable to reach. Also I was afraid of gettin' too close.

Thank you.

I didn’t realize our yard was infested with these guys until I went to call my dog inside and he was messing with one.

I know they cause severe irritation to humans, but how fucked is my dog right now? I could only find information in relation to horses when doing an internet search.

I know the obvious answer is to take him to the vet, but that isn’t an option for me right now because I am without a car and everyone I know is at work.

I found it sitting inside an Airbnb, perfectly still in South Hudson valley New York.

Located in NW Florida, tons of them in a friends car, not sure how best to get rid of them. Very tiny