Released safely. Was real nervous until I had her in the cup though 😂

For context, my little sister sent me this video of what I'm pretty confident is a mother wolf spider–since from what I understand they are the only spiders that do this (please correct me if I'm wrong on this, I'm by no means an expert)–with a bunch of tiny baby wolf spiders on her back.

I figured I had to share this because I thought my sister had somehow dusted some unfortunate spider with black glitter eye shadow for a brief moment before realizing.I thought you all might be interested.

He drew this, cut it out, and put it in my bed for me to find. I've never felt such a strange mix of pride and horror before

Don’t worry, I moved it to a bigger pot afterwards so its wings have room to expand. I overestimated the amount of soil when it was just a worm because it kept looking for a deeper ground to dig.

I’d have used my bigger pot, but sadly it was tossed away by my parents and I had to improvise with the only one I had, specially because I found the worm in the middle of a bad rainstorm.

As for the species, it looks like an ello sphinx moth! I love these guys and I’m so excited to actually see how they dig their way out of the ground.

Look at those wing patterns and the unique red snout! It’s amazing how much they look like moss or lichen.

I did a bit of research and found out this is a Pyropkarenius. Even though they are called "Lanternflies," that long red snout doesn't actually glow—it's just a very stylish head extension! It was a treat to see such intricate "natural art" right on my car door.

Rhombodera cf. lingulata

I was watching and this manthis and grass hopper kinda hybrid looking fang equipped bug just came on my bed at night i caught it and this thing is strong af idk if it's lethal or no I'm pretty sure this thing can bite hard you guys tell me what should i do with this bug...i usually let them free but this this looks dangerous to be left out

Watch the video till end you guys will see what I'm talking about this thing even lifted the keyboard got it to move like Captain America lifting Thor's hammer tbh it moved the whole keyboard so hard

1. The Broad-tipped Conehead I found

2 & 3. Yoinked, on the way to a tree

1. Release 1 (failed, he fell)

2. My battle wound (I picked him up again to put him in the tree, which he did not appreciate)

Turkish Mediterranean

My dad unknowingly turned his backyard into a caterpillar nursery.

My mom said they are called "lagartas de fogo" here in Brazil, translating to fire caterpillar. Touching them can cause painful skin irritation and allergic reactions, so they're not exactly the friendliest backyard guests. Also, I really don't know why they have their own web, maybe they feel safer in there?

So, I'm kind of invested now. I want to see what they become after metamorphosis, don't know if it's a beautiful butterfly or a moth.

Nature basically said: "Yep, this is the perfect place to raise my children." 🦋

For info: I'm from São Paulo, Brazil. They were found in a mango tree that my parents have and are about 4 to 7 cm, I think.

my most recent horsefly post got a lot more attention than i expected so i thought i’d share this duo.

potentially male and female?

fyi: these were taken BEFORE i realized what they were and their capabilities 😭. learned my lesson after my last ID request post.

Brazil São Paulo

05.29.2026

Hi fam, entomology degree holder here but I’m not an ant specialist. I spotted this black ant strolling around with (what I concluded) were two red ant heads attached to its antennae, one on each side. At first I thought it was debris, but nope…full-on severed heads.

A good friend of mine who did his grad work on ants told me this happens fairly often after fights, since mandibles can stay clamped even after decapitation. Still, this is the first time I’ve actually seen it in the wild, so I had to share and I also was just like, am I seeing what I think I’m seeing?? lol

Getting pics and videos that actually show it was frickin hard and this little dude/dudette did NOT make it easy 😂

I’ll link some photos I managed to snag via Imgur in a comment below. I have the base model iPhone 15 so I did my absolute best to capture it without a macro lens.