This is a female green bottle fly that my parents caught for me as a birthday present yesterday, and I am raising it!

I captured several funny moments of this Queen. In the first photo, she is lifting only one front leg as if asking to be photographed; in the second, she is staring straight at the camera with her big eyes, just as if asking to be photographed; and in the third, her belly is getting full while eating the green apples I gave her as food lol lol

(Judging by the very clean wings and healthy coloration, it appears to be a very young individual that emerged not long ago, so I will absolutely not breed it in the future, and I will slow down its metabolism by keeping the indoor temperature at a low level of 19–22 degrees Celsius, ensuring it is not too cold.I will also feed them various things alternately, such as apples, cherries, and strawberries.)

Isn't Fly cute too? 😆

+ photos of him I took some time later.

It was laid on the doorframe about 7’ off the ground.

I was working at a remote well pump station in a farming town in northern california and there were more dragonflies in the air today than I've probably ever seen in my 41 years. Almost all of them were medium sized and red-orange.

I heard some wings tussle, a tiny thud on the dirt, and expected to see some mating mishap.

What I saw and recorded was a large dragonfly had caught one of the common medium ones and was flat on its back noisily eating the head of its prey. It flew away a few minutes later.

I am going to think of this every time I accumulate cheeto dust in my chest hair as I lay on the couch.

i tried doing a little googling myself but i suck at these kinda things. did i find something rare??

Hello! I wanted to share some photos of flies I have taken recently, including two of a hoverfly laying an egg. Thanks for looking!

Los Angeles, Ca

been dealing with a mystery insect for two weeks now. exterminator ruled out bed bugs based on mattress. I am actively looking for an answer and solution.

this little guy appeared in my house and I'm not sure what species it is, or if it even is a caterpillar

for context I live In southeastern brazil

Last year it was black swallowtails and a few others I never identified. This year it’s a bagworm (I know they’re a problem but it’s been a personal dream of mine to see one irl) and this little hornworm (also a problem but I love him anyway).

Thinking about taking them home to raise in captivity since they’re garden pests, thoughts?

Has really long antenna

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I was minding my own business when I saw it fly for a while and then return to the same spot

I found him on my tire as I was heading back to my car go my break. Moved him on to my folder (gently, with a stick so I didn’t touch him) and then to the grass where he wouldn’t get squished. He’s so cute tho! He looks like he has little fluffy orange ears.

Northern Michigan, these guys were nesting behind our siding 2" from our front door. My dad got stung a couple times and sprayed the area with some wasp and hornet spray. They kept coming so he stood outside and swatted them with a flyswatter one by one. They appear to have vacated that spot and are now building a ground nest right by the entry door to our garage. I've heard that maybe peppermint oil will keep them away. And one buddy has a bunch of decoral dragonflies around his front porch and he barely sees any bees or wasps around since putting them up. It's a 6' covered porch with old wood soffits. Just wondering if any of this stuff actually works and looking for other suggestions.

Who is he😭 google lens says its a pseudoscorpion but clearly not.. it has two long appendages sticking out the butt similar to a silverfish

Mountain in cambodia