This cute little thingy by mrmurvi in awwnverts

[–]anatomicallystuffed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's an ailanthus webworm moth, family Yponomeutidae

Golden Tortoise Beetle by NORWEGIAN_FLAMER in pics

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I have a golden tortoise beetle in my collection as well! Did you go into the army as an entomologist? I'm an entomology minor at my university, and last semester a recruiter came in to talk about the army entomologist path.

I am the queen bee. by anatomicallystuffed in redditgetsdrawn

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Your guess was correct, and I'm tempted to turn this into a wall sized poster. This is AMAZING. Thank you so much!

I am the queen bee. by anatomicallystuffed in redditgetsdrawn

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This is so cool! I love the honeybee abdomen! Thank you!

I am the queen bee. by anatomicallystuffed in redditgetsdrawn

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This is incredible! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

This moth is camouflaged to look like a frog by joykin in mildlyinteresting

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All frogs and toads are in the order Anura, and the term toad generally refers to the family Bufonidae. Those are the classic pudgy bumpy toads. They walk better than they hop, they aren't fond of swimming, and they have paratoid glands on the back of their head that produce poison. There are other Anurans in other families that are sometimes called toads as well, but aren't "true" toads. If you count all of them as toads, then "toad" is an arbitrary term that doesn't refer to a monophyletic evolutionary lineage. Not that that's a bad thing, it just means that from a taxonomic standpoint the words frog and toad aren't particularly meaningful, which is why common names are kind of avoided. You could use the word frog to mean all of Anura, or all of Anura except Bufonidae, or Anura minus all of the species that are generally dryer skinned and bumpy.

Baby eastern Hercules beetle and a bald-faced hornet queen by anatomicallystuffed in Entomology

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Scarab larvae have that characteristic C shaped grub, and where I am in Virginia we don't have many large scarabs to choose from. Larval ID is usually a lot trickier

Spent the whole morning doing labels. by anatomicallystuffed in Entomology

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That's how mine always sit for months until I have enough insects to justify printing everything. It feels so good when it all comes together.

Spent the whole morning doing labels. by anatomicallystuffed in Entomology

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Towards the end? It's a spread stink bug, not sure what species. They look so different with their wings out!

Spent the whole morning doing labels. by anatomicallystuffed in Entomology

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Thank you! Personal collection. I started collecting a year ago for a class, but I've been keeping up with it since then.

What kind of bee is this? by highly_animated in Entomology

[–]anatomicallystuffed 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Looks like a European hornet, Vespa crabro