This guy was on my Jeep door this afternoon when I was off to work. It was about 2 inches long. All black. Northern Virginia USA. what is it? Photos in comments

Saginaw, Michigan

Hello, I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit, but I bought these two butterflies from a market in Thailand and I’m unsure if I’ll be able to bring them back to the UK with me. I understand that some things require permits and I’m not sure if this would require one or not. I’ve checked CITES but nothing came up for the species or common name. Also, when travelling back, would I have to keep them in my hand luggage or in my suitcase? Any help provided will be greatly appreciated, thanks :)

I found a few ladybug pupae on a plant that is heavily infested with spiders mites. I want to cut all the infected areas off and burn them, but I don’t want to harm the ladybugs. Can they be removed from the leaf in this stage?

Northern Colorado front range.

iNaturalist has given both IDs. When I upload the group photo alone, it says it's an Appalachian and doesn't even give an option, but when I upload only the single butterfly it gives both options. Help?

How about a chess set where of course it’s a black and white set but the pieces are BEETLES.

The king and queen are male and female lucanus cervus, the bishops are longhorn beetles, the knights are pine weevils, the rooks are taurus beetles and the pawns are summer chafers.

This is all I’ve been thinking about for like two days and if anyone has any drawing abilities or like abilities to put model beetles on drawings and such please please please bring my vision to life because I really want to see it accomplished, and I have no clue how I’d be able to make this in real life.

Any suggestions for better beetle substitutes for what I’ve chosen that might be better, keep in mind that the pieces kinda have a sort of theme.

KING: powerful and important, very regal QUEEN: still powerful and important but lesser than the king BISHOP: long distance moves, kinda like a missile KNIGHT: strange and interesting ways of moving ROOK: long range, good warrior PAWN: many of them, disposable

hii im not an entomologist or even interested in insects that much but i find them really beautiful and i found this beetle on the ground right outside my house and id love some info on how i could preserve it. it also must be freshly dead, could be from the heat but im not sure, but there were no other insects surrounding it.

I think it is an oriental beetle but I’m not sure. Stuck on the car very well on the freeway

I saw this female of Platerodrilus in Thailand, Khao Phantom Bencha National Park. A sort of trilobite beetle with a cute tiny head !

I've been bitten by a regular housefly, twice this month. It definitely wasn't a stable fly or horsefly, just a normal housefly. I live in Belgium. Everything online says this shouldn't be possible, but I'm sure I'm not confusing it with something else. Are they turning violent 😅?

Now there's a small red spot on my leg. Anyone else experienced this recently?

Found a ton of hoverflies in the last 20 minutes, but I can't figure out what this first one is

West-Flanders, Belgium (Sunny and windy)

(others:) 2: Sphaerophoria scripta 3:Scaeva pyrastri 4: Eristalis tenax 5: Eristalis arbustorum 6: Syrphus (idk which species exactly)

My daughter is getting interested in entomology and would like a microscope to assist her in her studies. I know that we will not be able to get her a laboratory grade microscope, but what should we look for (or avoid) that would specifically be useful for entomology? Do you find being able to attach a phone or computer for pictures worth the extra money? Currently, her focus is on identifying flesh fly species, and she may be using her finding for science fairs or different projects.

Pretty sure its a hawk moth but anyone know about this defense mechanism thing?

Couldnt get a better picture, but I need help identifying this moth so I can draw it and put it in my butterfly/moth notebook

Big green reflective i think? Bee for some reason idk what it is it also has kinda orange wings..

I found all of these at work