7 Critical Questions You Should Ask Before You Choose a Pest Control Company: June 2021

Hi, back when I was in middle school I found a caterpillar in the school's football court (football, soccer, whatever you call it, this post is not about it). It was green and it had a red head with horns that made it look like the dragon Smaug from The Hobbit. So I named it Smaug and showed it to my science teacher, and she told me it would be cool to take care of it in the school's lab. We took photos of it and send them to an entomologist, but he told us he didn't know the species and that we would have to wait to get an ID. Soon the caterpillar became a cocoon, and I was super excited to see what it would look like. Sadly, the cocoon ended up dying, it became all dark black and it had a hole in it. I was so sad. I decided to do some research but I couldn't find anything on it at the time, but recently I found out about owl butterflies and their caterpillars and it seems to be a match, except for the color. Most of the pictures I can find are brown, but the shape of the head and the patterns on the body are the same, I remember perfectly.

So I am assuming it's a regional variant of some kind. Maybe it's because where I live the climate is more tropical? (Southern Mexico btw). This is puzzling me.

(Unrelated, but I would like to become an entomologist, I am assuming you have to study biology right? Just a side question).

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I had this little silverfish that lived were my plants stayed and that I cared about since it had been staying there for quite some time now so I really started caring about it and taking care of it and avoid to hurt it. Idk how intelligent they can be but since I started it began to approach me every time I got near it and really just look at me without running away and sometimes getting like really near my hand. Today after I got home adding 2 new plants my grandmother tried to kill it but managed only to break some of its legs and antennas. I feel really sad for it, how can I help it or can it regrow it's limbs? He isn't able to move and idk what to do. Can I take of it by giving it food, water and a covered place to stay until it passes away or would the moral thing to do is to put an end to the suffering? I know it's weird but I absolutely hated every insect, bug and arachnid until something got to me and i always try to avoid killing them now and I feel really sad.

TLDR: it lost some limbs and can't move but is alive, can I take care of it/will it grow the limbs back or is it better to end it?

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7 Critical Questions You Should Ask Before You Choose a Pest Control Company

Wednesday 30 June 2021

Do owl butterfly caterpillars have regional variants?

What is this Beetle? ~2in long, located in VT

What are these things on the broccoli. True bugs of some sort is what I was thinking but I’m not sure.

Ladybug in kitchen - afraid it’ll get stepped on and that I’ve accidentally hurt it??

Did something happen to my praying mantis's eyes? They used to be a solid green like the rest of him, now they're a dark purple tinge with white spots on the front. I Googled their species (rhombodera megaera) and their eyes all seem solid green into adulthood.

What the heck is this? Help

Subterranean Termites waiting to swarm.

What are these guys?

No pictures because he was very small.. but I drew him. Any ideas? Ontario, Canada, tried to search online but found nothing.

I found what looks to be an assassin bug in my bathroom!

Found this little guy in Mombasa, Kenya. Can anyone ID him?

when doing light traps at night

First time seeing a hellgrammite/dobsonfly larvae in real life. This one was almost the size of my hand! Ontario, Canada

What is this bug?

Feeding Rose Chafer Beetle [OC]

A male dobsonfly is sleeping on our garage! I searched "bug with fangs" to ID him lol

Found it on my balcony over a fake leaf, any ideas?. Pittsburgh PA

Found this flamboyant little ant thing eating a spider. Anybody know what it is? (Found in Oregon)

Probably very stupid question but only place I could think asking it

I hate these stupid bugs. What are they? Maybe I should appreciate them more for some reason?

Weevil Wednesday! Swipe for a Panorama! [OC]

Praying mantis nymph hitching a ride. Southern IN

Two Otiorhynchus pseudonothus mating? that I found in my backyard Stockholm

These summer chafers are flying in the hundreds in a meadow close to where I live. Very curious beetles who likes to land on people walking by, and checking out ears. Very beefy and loud flapping sound!

Weaver ants feasting on Hunchback ant drones after their nuptial flight.

Tuesday 29 June 2021

This guy was on my wall, now it is sitting at the table staring at me. I have noticed that insects (cockroaches, flies) on my table are always staring at me, as if they were observing me. Can anybody explain this behavior?

I haven't seen snails in almost a decade here in New Mexico, anyone know what these are exactly?

Found A Praying Mantis On My Wall

This cicada came out of the ground in my yard Sunday night, and I recorded a time lapse of it molting.

Some of my adventures and companions, could someone tell me what the last one is? Found multiple on a tree up in new meadows(idaho)

Hand for scale excuse my nails lol but does anyone know who my friend is that I met while gardening? Am I correct In assuming they’re some type of long horn? Long Island NY, USA

Found this little one struggling on the ground so we hung out until she was ready for lift off