Hi all,
I spotted this while creating some drainage paths for a swampy area of my yard. I’m up in North Dakota, and I’ve seen my fair share of bugs but never anything like this.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what this is?
UPDATE POST with better video: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entomology/s/Y88rsyapeB
Hey all,
I managed to capture what was in the video! Checked my phone this morning and saw that my post had garnered a bit of attention. I went back to the spot and found this little guy still there. I managed to get it in a solo cup and took some video in 4K. Some of the white features of it are more pronounced when in the sunlight.
I checked the drainage pail that these streams have been running to and found about 6 others swimming around, so it may not be the exact one from before!
Hopefully this video can help determine what is it!
Very cool to see all the suggestions of what it is!
Taken on the mean streets of southern Idaho. Apparently this is a genetic condition similar to albinism, and it’s very rare to find one, because they’re so easy for birds to see.
(Camera was an Olympus TG5 for anyone curious)
Some bug models I made for my game Centipede Simulator, all of them are inspired on actual species, but I took a lot of licenses, especially with scale and color palette, so everything makes sense gameplay wise.
Keeping some tomato hornworms as feeders for a chameleon, but they’re so cute!
Plucked some sprigs off the tomato plants to give him and seems like he likes it.
Edit: Since he’s now tasted tomato plant, I won’t be feeding him to the Chameleon since it could be poisonous. Didn’t want anyone to worry.
Washington state USA. Found a nice nature reserve that is overflowing with a variety of dragonfly species. I'm sure I'll find many more in the days to come. Just wanted to share what I've managed to capture just in the past week.
1-2: Pachydiplax longipennis (female and male)
3: Libellula forensis (male)
4: Erythemis collocata (female)
5: Rhionaeschna multicolor (male)
6: Plathemis lydia (female)
7: Leucorrhinia intacta (immature male) (?)
8: Libellula sp(?)
Fished this one out of the water a while back, stayed resting like that for at least 15 min, not sure what happened to them after that though.
Of course, I’ve made a lil terrarium filled with another branch & covered with netting to watch them emerge & see the life cycle.
In Denver 🦋🤓
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friend find of the day (not including the little jumping spider I bonded with earlier)
ChatGPT/Google said this is a White Marked Tussock caterpillar 💛
I felt like Steve Irwin.
"what a beauty"
Anyhow, she's outside slaying roaches now
Found in Georgia. Looks like a lacewing but I’ve never seen an ovipositor like that on a lacewing?
Found in my daughter’s book. Maybe happened when we moved. What kind of bug is this? Need to know if we have a roach issue. Haven’t seen any evidence other than this
Edit to add, we are in North Carolina outside Raleigh
I'm not an entomologist so I can't provide their names exactly, but if you have any questions, I can help
The last photo is a bonus
You can click on my Reddit profile to check for my other social networks, which I always share my work on them in case you wanna see more of my macro work
found this gal injured in a parking lot, took her home and feed her some sugar water and gave her flowers, she seems to be doing better now :)
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The sound of it stridulating is not very audible unless you turn the volume all the way up and listen closely, but the abdomen moving is still clearly visible. (The wasp was not harmed)
Saw this neat lil guy visiting a patch of clover outside. I think it’s a moth since the wings look fuzzy, but I struggled to find anything similar on Google.