r/insectidentification

To me (chemistry PhD student with no experience identifying insects) this looks like an American Cockroach. Do they nest indoors? Picture makes it look tiny this guy was like 2-3 in long. Um also sorry but he’s not with us anymore in the second photo. That’s what happens when you enter my crib unannounced and scuttle across my floor at midnight while I’m studying quantum chemistry lol

The pictures make it look big but it’s really small and this lil guy is in Tri-cities Washington :))

I am at work and moved this foot rest under my desk when all of a sudden some large insect comes crawling out! It was too dark under my desk to see it clearly, but it looked like the size of a quarter and was brown from what I could tell. I then flipped the foot rest over and found this possible web? Thinking this insect could have made this? Anyway, curious if anyone has ideas of what it could be! I tried to look for it, but it has crawled away to some other part of my office and I can’t find it. I am located in Connecticut!

I found this by the kitchen sink but it ran after I tried to grab it.

Found this on TV unit in NY

LOCATION: Quebec, Canada

They were hanging out around my compost bin and I found them absolutely adorable!! Can anyone recognize what type of caterpillar they are ??

Chubby grub that bites? Found in a hole my dog was digging. Pa

Taken inside the garage on the property I live on in Baldwin Park, CA, USA. Baldwin Park is located west of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. 08/16/2026, around 10:30am. First photo taken with flash off, second with flash on.

My cat probably killed this wasp, never saw one so big and red. What is it?

Butter for scale.

This bug was crawling around the kitchen counter of a rural home I was visiting in New Jersey, USA. I think it’s a cockroach nymph, but I live in a major city nearby and have never seen one with a shell like this before. Apologies for the blurry photos; it wouldn’t sit still and the homeowner ended up crushing it in a paper towel.

I am concerned whether this is a fungi infestation or bugs. either way would really appreciate any feedback, perhaps some other forums i could visit. I live in the mediterranean, if that helps.

This cloud of little fruit fly-looking things appears in the same spot every year and stays there all spring summer and fall. Not sure if it’s an air current thing or what. It’s always just there in front of our back porch, about 10 ft x 5 ft and about 5 ft off the ground. Ideas of what kind of fly it is, and why the cloud is always at the same spot? We’re in Quebec.

it’s everywhere at random places, crawling (not flying nor jumping at all). found it crawling on the floor, tables, clothes, just random spots. is it a p*st?

Flew in my house one evening, northern Oklahoma. Front arm out of place, sorry.

just rented an apartment. there are hundreds of the (about 2 mm size) after leaving the windows open for a few minutes.

are they harmful to my plants?
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is the second photo the eggs?
the moths are kinda everywhere and i feel like i should get rid of them, if yes how?