one time a spider like that ran into my house when I opened the door to let the dogs out in the morning. I saw it race up the steps heading for the heating vent. In panic I whacked it with my flip flop and a swarm of baby spiders covered the floor. I got some Windex and sprayed them as a crushed them with my shoe. I killed most so I got the vacuum and sucked them up as the survivors desperately try to flee as they drowned in a chemical solution.
Is it fun having such large bugs where you live? The biggest bug I've found is probably a tomato hornworm and their hawkmoth counterparts, which I rarely, if ever see.
its the biggest bug ive seen around here, much more welcome than like, camel spiders. nasty little fuckers would chill on my doormat to make me shit when i left in the morning.
Some kind of stag beetle, probably of the genus Dorcus or Ceruchus (I'm leaning towards the latter). Most American Ceruchus species look the same to me...
Yep.
We have some cool ones here. I've found a male triceratops beetle once. And another type that has really long pinschers.
I recently found out that they only spend a few weeks as an adult but can be 4-6 years as grubs. So now when I dig them up in the garden I'm more careful with them and make sure they get back in the dirt in a safe place.
Dobsonflies are all over the generic eastern US; OP probably doesn't live anywhere special, just happened across one or spends more time in nature than on average. I live in Pennsylvania and found a giant water bug once, for reference.
Freaky spider on the shop floor, are those eggs on its back? Ohio
one time a spider like that ran into my house when I opened the door to let the dogs out in the morning. I saw it race up the steps heading for the heating vent. In panic I whacked it with my flip flop and a swarm of baby spiders covered the floor. I got some Windex and sprayed them as a crushed them with my shoe. I killed most so I got the vacuum and sucked them up as the survivors desperately try to flee as they drowned in a chemical solution.
are these emperor dragonfly (anax imperator) exuviae? 5cm long. in the UK
either that or an Aeshna sp.
thanks
That’s a cute big guy
I just got a visit from this one, don’t know what kind of butterfly it is. Something common probably.
got more pics of it?
What about a smaller but still spoopy nibba
20mm copper tubing for reference.
these bros always attack my cigar. is it the smoke? the red glow?
Found this little fella just flapping around in the ground months ago, I hope he is ok, not that freaky but I still want to ID it
Dynastes tityus if you line in the east, Dynastes grantii if you live out west
>not that freaky
I honestly think that's a beautiful beetle, pretty amazing find.
That's an adult hellgrammite, technically not a bug as they belong to the order Megaloptera not Hemiptera
Found this big fluffy boy in the FD engine bay the other night
fuzzy boi
Royal walnut moth
Some sort of harvestman/Opiliones
Male moth
no idea what kind
Pachysphinx modesta
How did you know it was a male?, I'm a zoology student but I can't even make out the pygidium clearly in this photo.
Only male moths have fuzzy antennae to collect pheromones.
Thanks for the info, interesting stuff.
another angle
can anyone ID this fella?
northern illinois
I've seen one of these before, but don't know what they're called. Super cool looking like a scifi fighter or troop transport vtol plane
some plume moth
thank you! I think it's a geranium plume moth
scratch that, himmelman's plume moth
neat lookin' lad
>dobson
Is it fun having such large bugs where you live? The biggest bug I've found is probably a tomato hornworm and their hawkmoth counterparts, which I rarely, if ever see.
its the biggest bug ive seen around here, much more welcome than like, camel spiders. nasty little fuckers would chill on my doormat to make me shit when i left in the morning.
I'm finding one of these a night on my porch light. It's breeding season I assume.
Since the scale isn't marked- they're just over an inch and a half long, so 38mm+ for everyone that hasn't been to the moon.
>he doesn't know
Some kind of stag beetle, probably of the genus Dorcus or Ceruchus (I'm leaning towards the latter). Most American Ceruchus species look the same to me...
Yep.
We have some cool ones here. I've found a male triceratops beetle once. And another type that has really long pinschers.
I recently found out that they only spend a few weeks as an adult but can be 4-6 years as grubs. So now when I dig them up in the garden I'm more careful with them and make sure they get back in the dirt in a safe place.
Dobsonflies are all over the generic eastern US; OP probably doesn't live anywhere special, just happened across one or spends more time in nature than on average. I live in Pennsylvania and found a giant water bug once, for reference.
Yes it is great. I love finding Weta.
They're kinda cute.
Dobsonfly female.
Their bites hurt.
Dobsonfly males have the huge jaws.
irrc Dobsonfly males have such big choppers they actually can't bite. The females can though.
It's a bug
you found a female dobsonfly
now you should look up the males
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly
hey that's pretty neat
gave her some water and shes slurpin, took her off of our equipment and put her in the grass
different angle, thing's as big as my palm
looks like a bimp
It is really cute, honestly
's-senpai, what are you d-doing'
submissive and breedable looking bug
get help
He looks kinda cute
Oh great, we gotta dobson here
Weirdass kitten