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They’ll be open again when I clear out my inbox. Will post an ETA of when that will be when I have a better idea.
Please DO NOT INSTANT MESSAGE ME bugs to ID when submissions are closed. You can send them just for fun, though.
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Thank you!
found some weird spider? mom doesn’t think it is and think it’s some tiny crab
@onenicebugperday ???! Pls weigh in
It’s a crab spider! They use those big front legs for giving hugs ❤️
@littleghostiebanette submitted: Not looking for ID, just thought u might enjoy this wanderer what showed up on my porch for a few minutes
A WOMAN. Wow she is very beautiful. Actually this is my wife now.
@bone-free-as-the-wind submitted: Hi Taylor, does this bug look familiar? I saw it in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday. At first thought it was a thrip, but now I don’t know what it is.
Hello! This lovely wasp mimic friend is a buprestid beetle, Acmaeodera alicia.
Also FYI: “thrips” is both singular and plural! One thrips, many thrips.
Hello! A wayfarer in my friend's house in St. Petersburg, FL. I believe it's some of beetle 🤔🧐
(Also a raccoon Im seeing, just for fun)
That raccoon has cryptid vibes. Your "beetle" friend is actually a cockroach though. Surinam roach probably?
@the-sofa-king-awesome submitted: I found a stick bug in the woods earlier this month. I'm located in Québec, at the very northern limit of their range, and it's the first time I ever see one in the wild! It definitely made my day 🙂
TWIG TIME
Hello!! Could you identify this friend?? It is so gorgeous im in love with its little tranparent wings. The photo was taken in eastern brazil!!! Thank you very muchhh
Hi! Great colors on this fella! It would appear to be a tiger moth, Cosmosoma auge :)
@goat-yells-at-everything submitted: (Central Illinois)
Saw this dude on my swing the other day. I think its a Green Leafhopper but its wings are super tiny? Maybe a nymph?
Very good little guy, tho. Let me get much closer for a clear pic than most other bugs I see.
A child! It's definitely a leafhopper nymph. Couldn't say which species, though.
Can you pls post more abt the Snake Mantis? If not, I absolutely understand - but it's really hard to find images and content revolving around the little guy since usually people caption anything involving a snake AND mantis as a Snake Mantis which sucks because I love the lil guy immensely 😞
I couldn't really find much about their biology at all.
More pics here, though :)
@un-sea-lie submitted: Any chance you can give me the name of my new friend? PNW, if you need something more specific I’m in [removed]<-pls remove. Sorry about the picture, she didn’t like being photographed much and curled up. I’d say with her legs spread out she was roughly a bit smaller than a bottle cap? But I didn’t get to see that long. Thank you!!
Yes specific is always better! So thank you for adding that. The PNW is pretty large. Anyhoo this lovely little lady is a cross orbweaver :)
@unorthodoxsavvy submitted: Any idea who this dusty girl might be? Found in Eastern North Carolina.
Looks to me like a very cute and dusty great black digger wasp!
@chameleonsynthesis submitted: Was on the bus to work and felt a tickle on my arm. Looked down to find this criminally tiny friend. We chilled together until I reached my stop, where I put it on a plant because that seemed like a safer place for it to be than in a city bus. (ID not needed and probably impossible at this size anyway.)
OH SMALL. So small it's making me upset actually
I found these cuties the other day at a museum, I'm pretty sure their moths
They are not moths! They're skipper butterflies :)
@shailion submitted: Some adorable little garden helpers :)
Oh gosh I love them all but I am kissing the lizard right on their little lizard head
@philoursmars submitted: A Marseille, par un été très chaud, le noir et le blanc de ce beau papillon (un Sylvain azuré ?) dans le vert des feuilles.
Philoursmars
Very beautiful! Looks like an admiral (Limenitis sp., maybe Limenitis reducta?)!
@qyuryyus submitted: beautiful little fella landed next to me after therapy today
ID not necessary but it would be nice to know :] central valley, california
Bug blessed! It's a hairstreak butterfly. Probably a gray hairstreak, I think.
@salamencerobot submitted: Can I get an id on this lovely wasp?
Location is southeast Wisconsin
There were at least three of them around my mom's blackberry bush, and they were so chill! Usually I get freaked out by wasps but this time I didn't, and I stood near them while my mom picked blackberries for at least 5-10 minutes and they just happily buzzed along.
If they're just feeding and not near their nest they're not likely to be aggressive! This cute lady looks like a European paper wasp.
@jesterlafjord submitted: Look at this lovely lady! I think she's a crab spider, but I've not seen one with so much red before! She's from Los Angeles, California. I thought we could admire her :)
Beautiful! I am admiring her intensely! Crab spiders can have a pretty wide range of coloration between individuals, so this one isn't bizarre or anything .But she is very pretty :)
@keepingmyfandoms submitted: This lil guy was on my balcony, kept trying to fly even though it was carrying a spider larger than itself. Can you identify it? (It did make it back home I think, by dismantling the spider and taking pieces.) Location is [removed] (pls remove before posting).
Also I just wanted to show you this awesome wasp spider! We have about ten of them spread out over our garden, their nets are fascinating.
Sure, it's a spider wasp, maybe Auplopus carbonarius, though I'd need more photos to be more confident on that. Removing the legs of the spider is pretty standard. RIP to the spider but I'm glad her baby gets a meal! Please say hello to all your wasp spiders for me :)
Ha...just realized your submission is a spider wasp and a wasp spider.
@wrecursion submitted: here are some insects i saw while visiting my parents in the middle of august
scarce swallowtail, I've never seen this one before!
a sneaky mantis that i accidentally grabbed while gathering mint in the dark 💀 (i'm really sorry!)
i'm not sure what this one is, maybe you could help? found in [removed] (please remove location)
Great friends! I have also accidentally grabbed bugs while picking herbs, but I think they forgive us. The last pal is a lesser stag beetle :)
