Well. The general shape of it suggests, to me, some kind of thrip. The problem is that I don't know of any thrip with capitate (clubbed) antennae.
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From wiki on Thrips: "Their identification to species by standard morphological characters is often challenging."
Hmmm looking at that photo, that looks like the right one! I'm guessing that a combination of it being small, my shitty eyes, and my shitty camera just saw the pattern on the antenna and interpreted the clubbed portion. It was very bright and so a bit blown out.
We had just picked up a pot from the nursery, so these guys being a garden pest and ending up on my phone holds up.
Thanks! Sounds like they are pretty common but I'd never seen one before!
My cat found this beetle today in my home. Inside it was very energetic and kept buzzing at the cat when he pawed at it, after it took it outside to photograph it it became completely still. I'm in Vermont, I've never seen large black beetles like this here, thought it was interesting. The ruler is in inches.
That's a Hermit Flower Beetle (Osmoderma Eremicola).
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Beetle: I will battle this massive apex predator for the supremacy of this household!
mccart: No you will not. You will go outside where it's safe
Beetle: *pouts*
Beetle: I will battle this massive apex predator for the supremacy of this household!
mccart: No you will not. You will go outside where it's safe
Beetle: *pouts*
mccart has denied the beetle a glorious death in battle, and barred it forever from the gates of beetle Vahalla.
Is this just some regular ant or is it a termite? It's different (bigger) than the other little ants I've seen around. I've seen the little ants fighting these bigger ones outside too.
That waist says ant. It's the easiest way to tell the difference, because ants are wasp-waisted while termites are more michelin man.
Based on proportions I'm going to say some kind of field ant (Formica), but I really can't say more than that.
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You can't really take a good insect photo with a smartphone without a clip-on macrolens. So don't worry about it.
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It's a pink-striped oakworm (Anisota virginiensis). Or Anisota pellucida (southern pink-striped oakworm). Or Anisota discolor (Texas pink-striped oakworm).
I'm not good enough with moths to tell them apart and on top of that entomologists are discussing if it's actually one species (Anisota virginiensis), three subspecies of the same butterfly (Anisota virginiensis ssp.) or three different species.
Their caterpillars are a bit more distinct. But all their caterpillars look like "what if a galaxy pooped a caterpillar? And then made some of them black-green sludgy with a bit of red, some of them green-sludgy with a bit of red and some of them grey-green sludgy with pink".
P.S: If you're wondering what I mean by "galaxy pooped a caterpillar"?
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Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
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You can't really take a good insect photo with a smartphone without a clip-on macrolens. So don't worry about it.
Are there good clip on macrolenses for iphones that you would recommend?
Probably the Apexel 3080 or 100mm lens. Insects are rarely cooperative if you shove a lens within 3cm (like many macrolenses want you to), and the Apexel lens can give you up to 7-10cm working distance.
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I'm going to say Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) although it could be an Ozark Swallowtail (Papilio Joanae). The Black Swallowtail prefers open landscapes while the Ozark Swallowtail prefers woodland.
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Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
These are some kind of juvenile Barklice (order Psocoptera). It might be the adorably named "tree cattle", Cerastipsocus venosus, but I'm not confident enough to say.
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I had no idea tree cattle were a thing, but I'm very happy to learn that they are.
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I just remembered about a bug I saw yesterday that looked kinda neat but I didn't have my phone handy at the time and it'd scurried under things so it would have been a lot of effort to try and find it again. Assuming my memory can be trusted, it was shaped/colored about like this, and was around the size of a thumb.
Central Iowa for location.
:Edit: a bit of looking says that carrion beetles can look about right.
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Could also be a Tumbling flower beetle (although they're usually a lot smaller, like the size of a fingernail)
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Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
These are some kind of juvenile Barklice (order Psocoptera). It might be the adorably named "tree cattle", Cerastipsocus venosus, but I'm not confident enough to say.
Tree cattle seems like a pretty likely call since their behavior was super close to what was described and obviously the look is there
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I don't know bugs very good, but I want to say that that second photo is amazing.
Did you get that with a phone camera?
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Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
I don't know bugs very good, but I want to say that that second photo is amazing.
Did you get that with a phone camera?
Until your said this I thought that was one, with the single insect overseeing the herd.
Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
I don't know bugs very good, but I want to say that that second photo is amazing.
Did you get that with a phone camera?
Until your said this I thought that was one, with the single insect overseeing the herd.
Tree Cattle overseen by the Lone Bug Ranger.
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Well. It's the right season and place for Blackberry Looper moths and Bruce Spanworm Moths. But those are just the geometer moth species that I know are green, lack a bulbous hump near the head and have active moths in late july in West Virginia.
This particular example seems to be getting ready to pupate since he appears to be shifting to brown (which a lot of caterpillars do just before pupating).
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Ah! I was wondering what the brown spots meant, thanks! Seems like it was probably the Spanworm.
Up in Massachusetts, i usually assume something like this is a winter moth (invasive) and i usually squash them but apparently the two species are related!
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The wind blew this husk onto my car as I got home from work today, I have no clue if it is enough to try and identify the previous occupant by but it was neat so I got a picture.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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It's definitely a praying mantis skin! Not sure whether we can get more specific than that, I only know the one kind.
Definitely a mantid. The shape of the tibia (forelimb) and femur with that hook and neat double rows of spines makes me think it's a Praying mantis (mantis religiosa).
Many species of mantids (like the tenedora genus, which includes chinese mantis) only have a single row of spines, and on genus like Stagmomantis (with species like florida mantis and california mantis) the femur spines aren't nearly as neat.
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Wooly Aphid (aphids belonging to the Eriosomatinae subfamily).
P.S: While the adults themselves are almost impossible to differentiate, if you want to find out the exact species, look at nearby trees. They form galls (outgrowths, normally on leaves and leaf-stems) and each species normally only have a single host species (According to inaturalist Wisconsin has species parasiting on elm, poplar, sumac, beech, cottonwood, crab apple and maple).
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a. Definitely a Thread-waisted wasp.
b. Since it's carrying plantmaterial we can narrow it down to two species (Elegant and Mexican grass-carrying wasps). Digger and Muddauber wasps do what their name implies. Dig or make their nests out of mud.
c. Since it's pure black it's not an Elegant grass-carrying wasp.
Ergo, Mexican grass-carrying wasp.
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So you're probably not alone there, Fiendish
We had just picked up a pot from the nursery, so these guys being a garden pest and ending up on my phone holds up.
Thanks! Sounds like they are pretty common but I'd never seen one before!
Also, Thrips have one of the worst common names in the business, being both singular and plural. Just remember this helpful rhyme!
One Thrips
Two Thrips
Red Thrips
Blue Thrips
Please help my onions have so many Thrips!
My cat found this beetle today in my home. Inside it was very energetic and kept buzzing at the cat when he pawed at it, after it took it outside to photograph it it became completely still. I'm in Vermont, I've never seen large black beetles like this here, thought it was interesting. The ruler is in inches.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
mccart: No you will not. You will go outside where it's safe
Beetle: *pouts*
mccart has denied the beetle a glorious death in battle, and barred it forever from the gates of beetle Vahalla.
Is this just some regular ant or is it a termite? It's different (bigger) than the other little ants I've seen around. I've seen the little ants fighting these bigger ones outside too.
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Based on proportions I'm going to say some kind of field ant (Formica), but I really can't say more than that.
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there are so many bugs around my house. i just mostly want to prevent infestations of stuff like termites and cockroaches.
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https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/340
I don't know why so many of the pictures on that page are of them bonin', seems rude.
Edit: whoops, looks like there are a lot of very similar-looking oakworm moths, I think I was too specific there.
I'm not good enough with moths to tell them apart and on top of that entomologists are discussing if it's actually one species (Anisota virginiensis), three subspecies of the same butterfly (Anisota virginiensis ssp.) or three different species.
Their caterpillars are a bit more distinct. But all their caterpillars look like "what if a galaxy pooped a caterpillar? And then made some of them black-green sludgy with a bit of red, some of them green-sludgy with a bit of red and some of them grey-green sludgy with pink".
P.S: If you're wondering what I mean by "galaxy pooped a caterpillar"?
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Vacationing by the lake up here in Western Michigan and we came across a swarm of these fellows (They were moving around en masse) and were wondering if y'all could suss out who they are (Identification apps were inconclusive)
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Are there good clip on macrolenses for iphones that you would recommend?
Saw this in my back yard?
Probably the Apexel 3080 or 100mm lens. Insects are rarely cooperative if you shove a lens within 3cm (like many macrolenses want you to), and the Apexel lens can give you up to 7-10cm working distance.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I'm going to say Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) although it could be an Ozark Swallowtail (Papilio Joanae). The Black Swallowtail prefers open landscapes while the Ozark Swallowtail prefers woodland.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
These are some kind of juvenile Barklice (order Psocoptera). It might be the adorably named "tree cattle", Cerastipsocus venosus, but I'm not confident enough to say.
Central Iowa for location.
:Edit: a bit of looking says that carrion beetles can look about right.
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Tree cattle seems like a pretty likely call since their behavior was super close to what was described and obviously the look is there
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I don't know bugs very good, but I want to say that that second photo is amazing.
Did you get that with a phone camera?
Until your said this I thought that was one, with the single insect overseeing the herd.
Tree Cattle overseen by the Lone Bug Ranger.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
This particular example seems to be getting ready to pupate since he appears to be shifting to brown (which a lot of caterpillars do just before pupating).
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Up in Massachusetts, i usually assume something like this is a winter moth (invasive) and i usually squash them but apparently the two species are related!
The wind blew this husk onto my car as I got home from work today, I have no clue if it is enough to try and identify the previous occupant by but it was neat so I got a picture.
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Many species of mantids (like the tenedora genus, which includes chinese mantis) only have a single row of spines, and on genus like Stagmomantis (with species like florida mantis and california mantis) the femur spines aren't nearly as neat.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Any clue what this is? That's my pinky on the right, and we are in central Wisconsin.
P.S: While the adults themselves are almost impossible to differentiate, if you want to find out the exact species, look at nearby trees. They form galls (outgrowths, normally on leaves and leaf-stems) and each species normally only have a single host species (According to inaturalist Wisconsin has species parasiting on elm, poplar, sumac, beech, cottonwood, crab apple and maple).
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Now, how about this guy?
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a. Definitely a Thread-waisted wasp.
b. Since it's carrying plantmaterial we can narrow it down to two species (Elegant and Mexican grass-carrying wasps). Digger and Muddauber wasps do what their name implies. Dig or make their nests out of mud.
c. Since it's pure black it's not an Elegant grass-carrying wasp.
Ergo, Mexican grass-carrying wasp.
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