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Who is it? Identification of different orders of insects (3970) gostya

This topic contains photos (how to insert a picture in a message described here or links to photos of orders of insects and arachnids (not included in special topics) for which you need to determine the family / genus/species.

09.11.2024 10:50 ИНО

Неспособна. На заборе тоже написано.Сообщение было отредактировано ИНО - 09.11.2024 10:52

Help me identify an insect by its larva (5) Viktoriya Alper

Abkhazia, in the second half of August, after heavy rains, observed a mass migration of larvae (worms/leeches) from one "pasture" (a wasteland with sparse vegetation and dung cakes) to another. The "exodus" took place along the sidewalk and then ...

24.10.2024 15:01 Victor Titov

Larva of a fly from sem. Stratiomyidae.

Identification of larvae and pupae (9312) zmet

In the first decade of June, I had a collision with a caterpillar (near Moscow). I tried to find a photo of such a caterpillar somewhere, but I didn't find it. I will describe how I can: about 4-5 cm long, plump, hairy (black hair, about 5 mm long, ...

18.10.2024 11:26 ярослав

  А подскажите пожалуйста, Tyta luctuosa и Aedia funesta это один и тот же вид?Нет. Это два ...

Identification of Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) (39405) Maxim Ryzhov

Posted your photos for identification - http://snake.spbland.ru. To begin with, a few caterpillars. I know that they are very difficult to identify (especially from photos). If anyone helps, I will be very grateful.

16.10.2024 1:45 Елизавета Рысенкова

Доброго времени суток!Помогите определить, пожалуйста!Тверская область, ...

Identification of Hemiptera (4006) Juglans

Pyrrhocoris sp., late August, near Vladivostok. There are 2 species in Primorye, but they do not differ in dorsal coloration. Pictures:Pyrrhocoris.jpg — (100.95к)

15.10.2024 20:43 gokenin

Люди добрые!Помогите определить щитника! Брянская обл., иоль.Спасибо

Identification of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) (4436) Dracus

Could you help me identify a grasshopper, the one I mentioned in the topic "Color Loss"? The genus has already been identified - Rhacocleis, but with the type of problem.Grasshopper caught in Turkey, near Alanya in a pine forest.Low-quality scan

16.09.2024 20:41 Vlad Proklov

  Сентябрь 2023, Тульская область, в саду. Что за вид?Eumodicogryllus burdigalensisМожно ...

Identification of beetles (Coleoptera) (34157) гость: Дзанат

Help me determine it. A darkling?

10.09.2024 16:34 stierlyz

Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants) (11065) K. A. A.

I'm not an expert and I don't have a guide yet, I just love photographing insects. Here, can you tell me what kind of animal it is? Thank you...This post was edited by Bolivar - 31.07.2007 09: 26 Pictures:  ________.JPG — (105.52к) ...

19.07.2024 14:45 Ленинец

Благодарю. Оказывается, краснокнижное животное.

What kind of insect is this? (3) John Silver

At the end of May 2023, I photographed such an insect in Belarus. https://disk.yandex.by/i/NSdYohLn11YUGg We walked along the road and occasionally bumped into these monsters. What can it be? I've never seen anything like it.

06.05.2024 21:47 Victor Titov

At the end of May 2023, I photographed such an insect in Belarus. John Silver, in your video (end of May 2023 in Belarus) - larva of a floating ...

Identification of Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, etc.) (3892) LionN

There was such an insect on the balcony. I apologize for the poor quality of the photo. Small insect, no more than 5 millimetres approx.

08.02.2024 20:28 vidjl

I'm not an expert on flies, but those who are interested in them suggested to me that this is Mesembrina meridianaThis post was edited by ...

12.12.2023 21:38 Peter Khramov

Nadezhda, it seems, according to this photo — no way to identify the object :--) If there is a more detailed photo, please, send it.

Identification of dragonflies (Odonata) (3151) Pakor

From the photo gallery Pavel Korzunovich

16.11.2023 20:39 Archypus

Moscow region Ramenskiy district vicinities of the village. Khripan, suburban area12.06.2023Libellula depressa, m., juv.This post was edited by ...

Identifying beetles that no one has identified in the main topic (34) Dracus

In this topic, the authors re-upload photos of beetles that were not previously identified (at least approximately) in the topic "Identifying beetles" during the week.

29.10.2023 0:52 pierrevanstulov

Victor, thank you very much!

Please, help me with the species identification (10) Dana Borzyh

I collected beautiful green beetles with a metallic sheen this summer. They lived on the leaves of the currant, my husband's mother assured me that they were fiddler beetleы. I wanted these beauties to live at my house, so I took them away, put ...

07.10.2023 9:15 Dana Borzyh

Thank you very much!

An insect that looks like a fly (2) Artem Bobkov

I didn't take a picture, so I'll describe it: his size is about like a bumblebee, his head looks like the head of a fly and with the same "tongue" that it feeds on, the color is a little yellowish, the head is small relative to the size of the body, ...

02.09.2023 23:15 Dima Ivanov

https://animalreader.ru/zhuzhzhala-muha-iz-yurskogo-perioda.html

Identification of Orthoptera (401) Мурзи

What is this monster ?

22.08.2023 19:12 ИНО

I don't know about cicadas, but the Internet writes the absolute truth about cicadas. They suck blood like pastel bedbugs, and the consequences are ...

Identification of arthropods from fragmentary remains (6) ИНО

There are similar cases in different forum topics from time to time, but I think it's wise to create a separate topic specifically for them.This year, I started researching the diet of polist wasps. These wasps thoroughly chew their prey and throw ...

08.08.2023 8:46 ИНО

It seems that I have determined that the larva is either a leaf beetle or a ladybug (as for me, these two families should be combined, they are very ...

Identification of mayflies (1) rybackov.vadim69

Hello. Small mayflies. Tver, from the Volga River. Years 27.06-13.07.23. In the first two photos of adults, in the next subimagos of different sexes. The genus Baetis. Is it possible to determine a specific species or group of species by color and ...

13.07.2023 17:10 rybackov.vadim69

Hello. Small mayflies. Tver, from the Volga River. Years 27.06-13.07.23. In the first two photos of adults, in the next subimagos of different sexes. ...

Definition of ground beetles of the genus Carabus (1253) Nilson

In this topic, we post photos of ground beetles of R. Carabus (and only them) for identification.Colleagues, please help us identify (at least up to the subgenus) the karabus. Caught in the Caucasus.This post was edited by Bolivar - 02/20/2007 10: ...

22.12.2022 18:50 MIV

Maybe someone will identify a karabus with Zap. Sayana?Caught under rocks on 29.06.22.

Help me determine up to a family (3) Viktoriya Sivokon

Hello, please help me determine the family of the insects. I am writing a diploma and the deadlines are tight ( This miracle was caught in the Rostov region in the Myasnikovsky district, in August last year on rotting meat. Thank you very much in ...

07.05.2022 13:11 Viktoriya Sivokon

I didn't really understand how to upload photo to discussions, but there is a photo on the sebsite uploaded through my personal account. Or here is a ...

Identification of a butterfly (2) Aiji

The photo was taken in the south of the Far East. Jewish Autonomous Region. The shape is very similar to lemongrass, but the color is not typical for lemongrass. Can you tell me what kind of butterfly it is?This post was edited by Aiji - 22.02.2022 ...

10.03.2022 16:38 vidjl

Lemongrass Gonepteryx aspasia, not uncommon in the Far East, it is common for such color variations.Olga, when you post the next photo of a ...

Identifying butterflies that no one has identified in the main topic: for particularly severe cases (161) Tigran Oganesov

In this topic, the authors re-upload photos of butterflies that were not previously identified in the topic "Identifying butterflies" during the week. At the same time, the same photos in the topic "Identifying butterflies" should be deleted by the ...

07.10.2021 15:29 sh1981

Good afternoon.Tell me, please, is it possible to determine this coleofor from the photo to the view?August 18, 2021. Kyiv. ...

Grasshopper (1) Darya Kuzmuk

Please tell me the species of grasshopper. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gIg_-Nb9DhahFUZm8NWgwfEZhkrVlWxn/view?usp=sharing

17.08.2021 20:48 Darya Kuzmuk

Please tell me the species of grasshopper. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gIg_-Nb9DhahFUZm8NWgwfEZhkrVlWxn/view?usp=sharing

Help us understand who it is, Moscow region (3) Alex B

Is it a wild bee or a wild bumblebee? It's buzzing and does not resemble behavior of an ordinary bee

13.08.2021 13:13 Peter Khramov

Good afternoon. At the top of any page (when you are in your account) there is a link "Upload to the site". Fill in the fields, select the photo file ...

A Lepidoptera speceis identification (2) Antonio Banderas

Good day to all of you! Please tell me the name of the butterfly in the photo below. Photographed in a Caucasus in North Ossetia

07.07.2021 20:48 Antonio Banderas

Help identify the insect (7) vaganov

Please help me identify the bug.

26.03.2021 17:32 vidjl

Similar to Rhagium sycophanta, if I'm not mistaken, but bigger box, it's quite big, usually 3-3. 5 cm.

Identification of insects by traces of their vital activity (50) Lenkins

Помогите , пожалуйста, определить жильцов этих квартирок. Северная Карелия, июль, шиповник рощевый (Rosa dumalis) ...

14.10.2020 7:36 Jaguar paw

Who could make shallow mud nests between masonry blocks? Filmed in Georgia. Pictures:post_265328_1602614937.jpg — (73.82к)

Militant stranger eats off on a rose bush (3) swanik

Good afternoon!Unusual appearance and decent size caterpillar feeds on rose leaves in the country. If you pass by, it arches its wheel and assumes a threatening pose.A Google search for the image failed. And it is very interesting what kind of ...

24.08.2020 16:49 swanik

Thank you very much!!!

Apollo from the South Kazakhstan Region (2) Askar Isabekov

Hello. I ask for help in identifying the Apollo butterflies. I see that they are different, but, unfortunately, I have not found a field guide anywhere, and the differences can be so insignificant that just focusing on the photos found on the ...

08.08.2020 8:02 Askar Isabekov

Dear friends, could you help me to id Parnassius butterflies? Unfortunately I didn't find any detailed field guide of Parnassius group. In case of ...

What species of the Orthoptera? (2) Vladimir kashta

Krasnodar region, steppe zone. What kind of locusts? I just uploaded it to this site, but I don't understand how to attach it to the message, sorry.

26.07.2020 21:20 Vladimir kashta

http://insecta.pro/ru/gallery/79143

Help us identify the strange insect (15) BalamutEG

Forumchane, all good time of day!I don't understand insects at all, but I saw one here on vacation and lost my peace...))I have never seen anything like it: the size is about 4-5 cm, there are no legs, which, as far as I understand, is completely ...

10.07.2020 14:02 BalamutEG

Well yeah And why do they need water if they are flies - and I also clarified what was meant - whether these are water larvae, like dragonfly larvae ...

What is the name of the insect in the photo? (2) Ivan Kozar

I have already caught a dozen of these monsters in the apartment - who is it, where can they come from and how to get rid of them. They scratch at night, on the plastic ceiling, or rather climb up the wall there, come across in the bathroom and sink ...

11.06.2020 18:21 Ivan Kozar

Length 2-2.5 cm, backside with two horns (like crickets)!

Heliocopris from Oman (2) Romi

Found here: https://www.google.ru/maps/@16.7403908,53.3...1!1e3?hl=ruTell me, please, what kind of Heliocopris and whether it is a ball??

21.03.2020 18:00 Dmitry Vlasov

Found here: https://www.google.ru/maps/@16.7403908,53.3...1!1e3?hl=ruTell me, please, what kind of Heliocopris and whether it is a ball??By ...

Sibirarctia buraetica? (1) niksavelov

Colleagues, help us identify the bear. Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island. It is similar to Sibirarctia buraetica. But my inability to distinguish it from Palearctia gratiosa haunts me... Pictures:IMG_4111.jpg — (846.57к)

23.02.2020 17:06 niksavelov

Colleagues, help us identify the bear. Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island. It is similar to Sibirarctia buraetica. But my inability to distinguish it from ...

Need help, speceis identification (2) Maxim Kuznetsov

Good afternoon. Please help me to identify the species of the moth

27.01.2020 10:07 Alexandr Zhakov

If the location is Russia, then this is Laothoe populi.

Elateridae (41) паскаль

HelloHelp me determine, please.Elateridae specimen, caught in the Zhavoronki settlement in the Moscow region, length 14 mm.Thank you in advance,Pascal

26.09.2019 19:14 Dr. Niko

That is, only a few specialists can limit them if there are rich samples of each type in front of their eyes.Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy, 1785) ...

Identifying insects from images (8) rex

Hello. Please tell me, is it possible to understand from these images which insects were meant? Or is it just a fantasy game and not specific views? The images are on an ancient iron disk. Thank you in advance for your answers.

20.05.2019 0:34 rex

Dracus Wow, I believed you...The fact of the matter is that the disk is not attributed, so I'm trying to at least cling to something, I thought that ...

Help with the identification (4) grechanka

Colleagues, please take a look - who can it be? Found on a windowsill in a cracker shop

03.04.2019 20:55 Victor Titov

It doesn't even look like a woodlouse)) I assume that this is a pretty pokotannaya scaly fish

Please help with verification! (3) oncoplast

Please help with the verification of the insect. Nashol in bed in winter. I can't understand anything Pictures:____1.jpg — (304.27к) ____1.jpg — (304.27к)

24.01.2019 22:37 Andrey Ponomarev

Please help with the verification of the insect. Nashol in bed in winter. I can't understand anythingThis is a sawfly larva, just found a suitable ...

Determination of an insect by the eggs left behind (3) Hardrim

Hello, please help me identify the insect. Ulyanovsk region, oak branch. The photo was taken on November 19. I think that aphids. But I'm not sure.

21.11.2018 10:21 Hardrim

Thank You

Identification of a... beetle (?) (2) aleksey V

It is slightly larger than an ordinary black ant, about the size of a small black housefly. Filled the whole house. They climb from the street through the windows. A lot behind the cabinets, on the eaves and curtains.

02.10.2018 9:23 Shamil Murtazin

Looks like Rhyparochromus pini.

What is the name of a butterfly (1) orxan00

What kind of butterfly is this? Pictures:IMG_20180830_150041.JPG — (107.26к)

30.08.2018 14:04 orxan00

What kind of butterfly is this? Pictures:IMG_20180830_150041.JPG — (107.26к)

Who is it, and what is going on there? (3) antonoff.ye

These companions sat motionless on a broken stalk of hogweed or something similar to it. They stirred as I approached. Pictures:DSC_0256.JPG — (3.08мб)

27.07.2018 3:42 rhopalocera.com

In the first case, bedbugs and bedbugs.In the second , the ants gathered to fly out of the nest

Help me identify something flying... (5) Crazy Demon

Hello dear Experts. Getting into my car, I saw "something" on the glass... it looked unusual because of its "tail". Took a couple of photos, from the car and outside. It became somehow scary to drive the "passenger" by hand =) Please tell me ...

12.07.2018 3:56 Crazy Demon

It turns out that I often met them as a child, I just never saw them with a "raised tail" =) On the first photo it looks like a scorpion =)

Help with identification please! (2) Jolynn van Duffelen

Picture taken today, March 11 2018 in Qatar. [img]https://observation.org/fotonew/9/16084869.jpg[/img]

11.03.2018 15:26 Jolynn van Duffelen

https://observation.org/waarneming/view/149391396

Help me determine whose eggs are there (4) guest: Юлия

Help us determine whose eggs were found in the garden, in the ground in the summer.

14.12.2017 5:38 Guest

thank you very much!

Please help me identify the insect (12) AnnaFo

Good afternoon. The situation is as follows. A bug was found in the coffee package during the bulkhead inspection. It is possible that it was planted there, or it was there in the first place. However, this is very doubtful for several reasons: - ...

12.12.2017 14:11 AnnaFo

Got it, anyway-thanks for your help!

Butterfly in the picture (4) Сергей71

What is the butterfly in the painting by Italian artist Giovanna Garzoni ? 17th century. Pictures:21761363_870351943132230_6689793787225878047_n.jpg — (125.61к)

25.09.2017 23:41 ИНО

And the wasp, if you ignore the small details, looks like Philanthus triangulum, it's only unclear what it forgot near figs.

Coccinellidae - Turkey (4) J.P.

What species it is?Turkey, prov. Niğde, Çamardı, size 4 mmThis post was edited by J. P. - 07.06.2012 13: 18 Pictures:1___Coccinelidae___dorsal.jpg — (91.68к) 2___Coccinelidae___dorsolateral.jpg — (88.91к) 3___Coccinelidae___lateral.jpg — ...

23.09.2017 21:11 Алексей Сажнев

Oenopia oncina (Olivier, 1808)

Eupholidoptera? Iran: Lourestan, May 26, 2017 (1) Grichanov

Eupholidoptera ? Pictures:DSCN8290Eupholidoptera.jpg — (287.62к)

21.07.2017 15:11 Grichanov

Eupholidoptera ? Pictures:DSCN8290Eupholidoptera.jpg — (287.62к)

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