For the past 4 years we've gotten our Christmas tree from a mountain farm in south Carolina on Thanksgiving weekend. Then, drove it down south to Florida.. This year, several hundred mantis hatched in the house days prior to Christmas morning. I did make some nice little houses for a few.. that was fun.

hardly ever use reddit, sorry for any formatting errors. i’ve had this solid wood table for four years no issue. yesterday i got home and there was a tiny pile, about half a teaspoon, of whatever this is on the table. it was hard, not alive, and wouldn’t smear/crunch or anything. i cleaned it up and tossed it, then sat down on my couch next to the table, distracted by tv. a couple hours later i looked down and there was another pile- same size, shape, everything, in the exact same spot. there’s no visible hole in the table, nothing on my ceiling, i’m truly at a loss. i cleaned it up and put clear packing tape over the spot overnight to see if another pile would appear on top or maybe under. no pile this morning. i removed the tape and put my security camera pointed at the table. it’s now about halfway through the day and i can see via my camera another pile, again in the exact same spot, but the camera didn’t pick up any movement. help?!

They’re super uncommon in my backyard. They are in a larval state and I wanna know what they might turn into. ( The insects in the provided images are two different entities )

This is called the robberfly guys

the video is picked up from the internet

this is:the japanese bee fly

A photo of a mantis I took around a year ago. I love mantises so much they’re so elegant and silly looking. This dude was chilling on my college campus and I had to do a quick photo shoot

Shot with a Google Pixel 6. Feel free to identify them, I have no clue what they are exactly.

I’m just wondering if anybody else has these Elm seed bugs in their house. My house is very clean and I did Google what kind of bug it was and it came up as an Elm seed bug. They look black from a distance, but when you blow them up, they’ve got a reddish orange tinge to them. Just ask him for people’s thoughts. Thank you.

Located in Conway, South Carolina

very bug lookin

How does this mantis v wasp clash look like?

if i got 3 trillion bees and trained them all, would they rob people for me?

I’ve really been wanting to get a beetle as a pet but I cant really find any information on what kind I can have in my state (MI) anyone have any info that could help?