Taken in Merced, CA today on a narrow-leaf milkweed, suburban area. I'd ballpark it as being a bit smaller than a European honeybee, and a bit larger than the average native bees I see here. Seemed to be a chill lil fuzzy. #WhatIsThisBug #Merced #california #bugstodon

Apropos of nothing, here is an adorable #spider we saw when setting up a tent yesterday. She was very pretty and so fast! A smaller spider (or something) came down the tent and was eaten instantly.

I plan to look her up soon, but if any #arachnid or #entomology people tell me who she is before I do that, I certainly won't mind.

Btw: northeast USA, near Buffalo, NY.

#WhatIsThisBug #whatsthisbug #wny #nystate

@dantheclamman @bremner @cheribaker @nev you remain undefeated. Thank you!!

#WhatIsThisBug

#WhatIsThisBug? I'm in Wales and it's about 18mm long in total, 6mm of which is body.

#insects #bugs #bug

Okay, what is this soggy #insect I found in my garden this morning? (#Carmarthen, #Wales, #UK)

Edit: it's a Birch Sawfly!
https://www.assyntwildlife.org.uk/2019/10/birch-sawfly/

Thanks, @LordEdam!

#WhatIsThisBug #InsectsOfTheFediverse #Insects #Bees

Insect Portraits – Birch Sawfly - Assynt Field Club

It is an adult Birch Sawfly (Cimbex femoratus) and, at some 20mm, one of the largest British sawflies. Although it looks dangerous, it has no sting

Assynt Field Club
Can I #WhatIsThisBug here? I'm in coastal Los Angeles and this got tangled up in a spider web. I've never seen anything quite like it. #entomology
Last week I stumbled through this field and saw so many flies holding on to these plants. I couldn't disturb them. It felt to me they are sleeping?! #whatisthis #whatisthisbug

Can anyone ID this insect?

I found this one hanging on a strand of web at night in Southeast Pennsylvania? The web was connected to wild bergamot. Its feet are on the web (it might be hard to see in the pic depending on your monitor), so I don't think it was trapped.

Edit: Its approximately 1.7mm from head to the end of its abdomen (estimated based on the camera sensor size)

#WhatIsThisBug #macro #photography #insects

Does anyone know what this bug in #rva is? I see hundreds of them all over my front yard. It moves fairly quickly and there's a bunch of them of all sizes. #whatisthisbug
Found this guy in our house and escorted him outside today. Never seen one like him here before. Check out those black and white striped legs!
#whatisthisbug #spider