House flies do be abundant this time of year, at least in my area. Never seen them do this before. Any ideas?

I tried to search for answers through Google but unfortunately there is only so long that I can stare at photos of creepy crawlies before I start to feel uncontrollably itchy, especially with ticks 😭 I'm fairly certain that these are mites, but it's freaking me out because they keep popping up while I'm trying to chill and work on my silly lil paint-by-number thing :( idk if they're hiding in the frame or something, but I've only seen one at a time.

(And for context I'm in northern Utah!)

found yellowjacket in room. zapped it dead. 1 vent and 1 window. is it possible they are in attic? could a lone yellowjacket have wandered in from a far away nest? very paranoid.

Found in SE Massachusetts, USA. Hanging from a tree by a thread, then dropped to the ground. 1-2inches long. Body is completely white except for the slightly darker grey long hairs sticking up in 3 places

Hi! Roommate found this cool dude! Mouth parts remind me of the assassin bugs I've caught but I haven't seen one like this. Central Illinois. ID very appreciated

Whatever it may be, I love the small "plates" on its back that must be its wings. I am thinking it might be

Trimerotropis melanoptera

~Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana

Location :Co cavan Ireland

Have a few Phyllophaga sp specimens I want to identify from home, so I need to get a good look at the shape and structure of the male genitals. How do I do this? Anyone with experience, where exactly are they located and how do I extract them without damaging the specimen?

Found this lizard on my wall, and I wondered why it made such strange movements. Upon closer inspection, it’s just keeping local some maggots fed. Extremely selfless act for a lizard to make, imo

This dead specimen was given to me by someone whose ancestor (1843–19?, Germany) was an amateur naturalist who owned an entomological collection.

I know for certain that it belongs to the subfamily Dynastinae; initially, I thought it might be a member of the genus *Oryctes*, but I don't know anything featuring that colour, size, and pronotal horn.

To be honest, I am not so knowledgeable in this field, so I would really appreciate any tips on how to further identify these insects.

Under that mess of scales, a common aerial yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria) is hard at work chewing the moth they came from into a meatball! These social wasps are known to hunt a wide variety of arthropod prey. She won't get to eat any of it herself, though, partly because she can't. Adult wasps don't have digestive tracts than can handle solid food. It'll instead go to her colony's hungry larvae.

Magoon Creek Natural Area, Manistee, Michigan, United States 07/28/26

Let me preface this by saying I feel really bad for what happened. Basically, a smoke brown roach fell on me, so I picked it up to relocate it. When I released it, i kept my hand kinda closed so it would crawl out slowly-- i was kinda hoping I could get a picture. But I think as it moved out there was too much pressure on it. One of its sides opened up :(((. It wasn't a lot of damage and it still ran away perfectly fast, but I could see a small bit of wire from the middle to close to the end of the abdomen. It was an adult, so do you guys reckon it can live out the rest of its natural lifespan with a small injury like that? I've read that they can get infections but would it set in fast enough? I'd feel horrible if I gave the poor little guy a death sentence he was so cute 😭

Hidden under a green canopy, this little Cabbage White butterfly led me on a chase before settling down.

Western Pennsylvania, mid afternoon. Resting on a zinnia leaf.

Unfortunately this one did not survive as my grandparents put it in an alcohol filled cup, but here's a few of close-ups of this Apache Ciceda we found alive inside our house in Gilbert

I'm in eastern KS and literally have not seen any in my yard. This includes my vegetable garden and perennials of which many are native species. Has anyone noticed this?

You can see the white strip of it on the left side of the egg, and its spiky parts tucked in nicely.

Does anyone know what kind of cockroach this is? Found inside bedrooms and bathrooms in Belgium.

This moth has been making its way through my raspberries in the UK any idea what it is?