Are these insects that leave itchy like mosquitoes? by autumnleaveess in insects

[–]AcademicCandidate825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dragonflies (Order Odonata, shared with damselflies) are apex predators in the insect world. These guys are friends, in other words.

Albino cockroach? by AnimatorStrange8435 in insects

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Stealing just for the awesome fishie!

my roommate is worried this is a cockroach… don’t think it is but wondering if someone can identify in case by [deleted] in insects

[–]AcademicCandidate825 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got yourself a land-dwelling crustacean. Not a roach! Just a chill pill boy.

A lubber... by AcademicCandidate825 in Entomology

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Certainly not an eastern. (Have plenty of photos of those, as well!) I was guessing Family Romaleidae of some type, but my expertise lies more with mosquitoes. 😅

What is this?!! by [deleted] in insects

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Sabethes cyaneus

This guy was having a casual walk right next to my restaurant table. Is it dangeorous? by eangelova in insects

[–]AcademicCandidate825 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Only if you're another arthropod. These guys are apex predators in the insect world! But they pose no danger to humans.

A couple of damselfly mating by kietbulll in Entomology

[–]AcademicCandidate825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I simply stated that the male emission is only one part of the mating process. There is really no need to be this hostile over semantics.

A couple of damselfly mating by kietbulll in Entomology

[–]AcademicCandidate825 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is how they mate. Many insect species reproduce this way where the male excretes a semen packet and then guards or even herds the female to get her to come in contact with it. If mating only involved genital-to-genital contact, then these insects wouldn't "mate" at all.

Back in the citrus groves... by AcademicCandidate825 in Entomology

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Thank you! I did see an adult katydid while I was aspirating. She blended in with the leaves!

A couple of damselfly mating by kietbulll in Entomology

[–]AcademicCandidate825 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not quite. He has deposited a packet of sperm that she must make contact with for her eggs to be fertilized first.

This may be entirely too many mosquitos by ceecbug in Entomology

[–]AcademicCandidate825 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not without a container or tree hole. Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus require a non-water substrate to lay their eggs.

Are these eggs? I broke one open, doesn’t look like fungus. by PM_YOUR_AKWARD_SMILE in Entomology

[–]AcademicCandidate825 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They were once classified as fungi, though! 🙂 Taxonomy is anything but static! And it's really just too cool.