Yum yum yum yum yum (beehaw.org)
Gray Hairstreak caterpillar having a snack (sh.itjust.works)
A gray hairstreak caterpillar on my false indigo bush (amorpha fruticosa). It took a little while to identify it because they turn the color of whatever they eat and are normally green. This little guy is purple because it was only really eating the flowers. Florida, USA...
Dragonfly taking a break (lemmy.world)
The Sawyer beetle (female) (feddit.de)
Here's why earwigs are more present in Ontario this summer (kitchener.ctvnews.ca)
Crossposted from !ontario
Trying to blend in (sh.itjust.works)
A mantis hanging out on some swamp sunflower. Florida, USA.
Gulf fritillary butterfly (sh.itjust.works)
One of my caterpillars successfully made it to adulthood and was drying out it’s wings on my Stokes aster.
Snail in my yard (lemmy.world)
Gulf fritillary caterpillars (sh.itjust.works)
Gulf fritillary caterpillars on my passion vine. Around two dozen of them made it to butterflies this year! Florida, USA
Robber Fly (cdn.imgchest.com)
I guess I had some snack residue on my fingers, and this firefly took notice (piped.video)
[OC] Honey bee on a crocus. (pixelfed.crimedad.work)
cross-posted from: pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/…/584798333443805438...
A snakefly came to say Hi on my smoke break (slrpnk.net)
Laphria thoracica (pixelfed.crimedad.work)
cross-posted from: pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/…/584538944785166417...
Had a heck of a time getting this little leafhopper to sit still for a picture. (lemmy.world)
Spotted in central Connecticut. - LemmyWorld (lemmy.world)
wut bug dis
Moth hanging on to the edge of our pets' water bowl (lemmy.world)
Here's a cicada (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/23757637-1407-4787-a368-b3cf62632f3e.jpeghttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/76484caf-0cc3-4a04-a5a7-69b2db8a9d8d.jpeg
This tricky little guy not only pretends to be bird poop, but also wants us to think it has eyes on the back of its head. (lemmy.world)
A ceanothus silk moth with a bonus Mexican tiger moth (slrpnk.net)
Young orb weaver and her molt (sh.itjust.works)
One of my honey bunnies posing with her molt (i.imgur.com)
Brachypelma auratum a few days after she molted. I usually leave the molts in with my tarantulas for a while to see what they will do with them. Stashing them in the water dish is very popular and it is always hilarious. This spider tends to ignore them, so I will pull it out soon and add to my collection (the one I usually hide...
Weird cricket-like insects by the river while fishing. Any idea what these might be? (sh.itjust.works)
Bee going to town on a coneflower (mander.xyz)
This coneflower I pass on my walk to work has been super popular with all kinds of insects
