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On three occasions in the same location I came across a massive crane fly species in old growth in WA state. The wingspan was about 12 inches and the full body was about 10 inches. The head was definitely of a crane fly. I had a witness on two occasions. One other person told me they also had seen them on their own. The first time I saw it I thought it was a bird.

I have only seen them in the early evening (dusk and up to two hours after dark) in March, when it’s still freezing at night. They were attracted to a certain type of lantern. If I changed the lantern they would not come around.

The last time I saw one I knocked it out of the air with my hand and took a very grainy video of it as it flopped around on a camping table. The camera was extremely early digital tech so the quality was poor. I have since thrown the camera away. I thought I would run into one again but my lantern died and I didn’t realize the sightings were related to the lantern until later. I intend to buy a copy of the original lantern and go back in March in the future. That may take some time since I live two states away now.

Has anyone seen one of these? I believe it may be the largest flying insect in the world.

North America, Illinois

So I'm new to keeping insects as pets. And I want to use pillbugs to help clean up after my mantis. Should I put in a layer of soil or something? Also, if I have pullbugs in my enclosure how often should I clean the tank?

No matter what house I live in, some species always decides to use my bathroom as a cementery. In my last house, bees flew inside through the vents, but I luckily found a lot of them and saved them (fed them water and sugar, then kept them somewhere warm to dry em out), I think there was a hive or something near the vent's entrance outside. But I always found around 10 lying on the bathroom.

And now in my new house, if I leave my bathroom unnatended for 2 days (I use the one downstairs most of the time), I find like hundreds of ants. A literal MATTRESS.

Is this a curse or what the hell is going on? 😭

(Edit: I had a little typing mistake on the title, sorry)

Hi! My roommate and I keep getting these kind of small moths (?) in our cupboard. Anyone know what they are, and more importantly, how to get rid of them? I live in the Netherlands. We already cleaned out the cupboard en threw everything out. Thanks in advance!

Sorry if this is bad, I took a video using a microscope. It's a small bug.

Found clinging to a fence beneath moderate treecover, North Florida.

Appears to be some kind of assassin bug, but what species??

It moves like an ant, but the back of its body wiggle like a maggot does. Indonesia.

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Hello guys! It'd be much appreciated if you helped me identify this little guy. Popped up in my apartment's kitchen in a block of flats in Poland. I've gone through Google image search and it's not conclusive but I'm starting to worry I've got a roach problem.

https://preview.redd.it/sqlrlt01kv1e1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c23b1ad38628a6e769ac47b2db9220374d7425d

Its from a photo. :D I redrew caterpillar in a glove and added adult moths to the final picture. What a beautiful insect.