/r/insects
A subreddit all about insects and other bugs. ID requests, artwork, macro-photography, discussion, and more!
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/r/insects
thought this was cute idk,, he all tucked in
The first thing i and my friends thought when i saw it was "skeleton moth" or "death moth" or something cool like that, however after investigating that was sadly not a thing :(, anyways this is in south america, by the equator if its helpful
Hello! For a d and d campaign, I am thinking of a collection of lesser represented lycanthropes, and one I really liked was a weretermite. The issue is, I can find very examples of wereinsects, and am not familiar with insect biology and how it would intersect with a humanoid merging with it. All I can imagine is the animorphs, or the Vincent Price movie, "The Fly". Would organs change? If the insect is scaled up, would the person lose or gain mass as they transform? Would it be an ant man thing where they also get super strength? Sorry if this is not the correct place to ask this!
Located in socal.
Anyone know what lays these eggs?
We have found them under all the window sills on one side of the house.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
One of my favorite drawings. From what I can tell it looks like both a wasp and a yellow jacket. What do you think?
This is a feeder insect sorry I love bugs but my geckos hungry. So what is that and can it be eaten or is it bad? https://ibb.co/MDbggxH
Can you please identify?
I got a salad from a local restaurant, ate half of it and then saw this guy wriggling around in my bowl......
Is it a maggot? 🥲 Or some other worm-looking bug or parasite? Should I be worried? Idk if I ate any... Lowkey freaking out tho.nSorry I dont have better pics I was trying not to have a meltdown lol
(Northern Ontario, Canada for location)
I came across a listing for stick insects and when I checked care instructions, not only are there a ton of resources available for keeping them as pets there are a few pages from the government about how non-native insects can't be kept.
Is this like one of those legal gray area things? Or has everyone and every place I've seen with these breaking serious invasive species restrictions?
I'm a bit confused. I've always wanted to have a bug terrarium, but half the listings I see for interesting bugs seem to be illegal?
would like to know if I should be worried or we chillin
i was working on this for a long time for a school project (hence the scribbling out of people), the arms are made from wire mesh tubes, covered in plaster of paris with extra details sculpted in stone clay, then painted - the head was a similar process just flat! i’m really really proud of it! p.s - this is the principal wearing the costume haha, i was trying to get photos of as many people wearing it as possible
i am obsessed with praying mantises rn i cannot stop drawing and sculpting them!!!!