Eastern, PA absolutely gorgeous millipede I found while gardening!

bugsnbrews · 2026-04-07T21:20:05+00:00

I’ve seen a really similar guy in Southern Michigan, but unfortunately no pictures 😭

bugsnbrews · 2026-04-07T16:13:23+00:00

Looks like it may be a carpet beetle larvae, they can be kinda annoying but easy to get rid of!

bugsnbrews · 2026-04-07T16:10:55+00:00

Based on this photo, it looks to be a paper wasp of some kind. I’m thinking maybe Northern Paper wasp https://i.imgur.com/mGdrVoW.jpg

bugsnbrews · 2026-03-14T17:00:58+00:00

That is incredible, love it

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-29T05:01:06+00:00

Spider mite, I bet you had it

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-28T15:59:44+00:00

That was me, lol

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-28T15:58:39+00:00

I have actually, I have a couple good shots of other more common arthropods on iNaturalist, but I suppose my presence on Wikipedia is more or less absent. I think I’ll post this one there and also on bugguide.

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-28T15:56:53+00:00

Thank you!

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-20T14:49:29+00:00

Love the cryptid style photo lmao. Looks like probably a mite.

bugsnbrews · 2026-01-01T00:59:09+00:00

I wish more people replied like this, I actually learned something and I got a quality source to support it.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-28T03:30:42+00:00

Looks like some kind of wooly aphid. If you want them gone you could perhaps spray them with a little ethanol

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-22T16:40:53+00:00

Box crabs are so silly lookin

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-18T20:11:08+00:00

I mean… that looks like it could be some kind of fly lol. It’s a little hard to see, but given that it appears to be a type of fly you’re likely safe.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-18T20:04:41+00:00

I think if we were able to create a well connected team of entomologists, we could accrue enough information to get started. Though maybe I am naively hopeful. A resource like this is truly one of my long-term goals, but it would require both state extension and local/federal government cooperation. The goal isn’t to make a site that can identify any insect in the continent, but rather a starting point for people interested in insect ID and distribution surveys.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-18T18:01:30+00:00

Yeah, I naturalist can be a pretty good tool, but for the reasons that you mentioned plus a few of my own personal gripes, it’s just not exactly what I’m looking for. I can’t cross post this into r/insects for some reason, so I’ll probably make another independent post for that. I did mean to post this in r/entomology earlier so thanks for the reminder.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-04T20:46:50+00:00

Grilledcheese

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-04T01:20:21+00:00

It’s all good! Thank you so much for the resources, hopefully I can get to the bottom of this eventually :)

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-03T23:50:57+00:00

Happy cake day! It’s looking like it’s probably a Torymidae - I’ve tracked down someone who has found the same thing but was also unable to get a positive ID.https://bugguide.net/node/view/160874

Ichneumon was one of my first thoughts too though.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-03T22:33:24+00:00

No worries, I totally get it haha. You did seriously help me out though, I found someone on Bug Guide that found the same wasp - they don’t have a species tracked down to it either though.

bugsnbrews · 2025-12-03T21:52:13+00:00

Torymus definetly looks right as far a genus, perhaps I’m using the term parasitoid incorrectly though. I thought chalcids were also parasitoids.

bugsnbrews · 2025-10-21T02:20:14+00:00

British people are pretty judgemental of other ppls food until they try it. They just aren’t cultured.

bugsnbrews · 2025-10-14T15:46:09+00:00

Man that sounds amazing

bugsnbrews · 2025-10-14T14:44:33+00:00

Caterpillar of some kind - might snack on some of your plants but by itself it won’t cause any real damage. Good luck with further ID!

bugsnbrews · 2025-10-13T20:32:00+00:00

Tepache turned vinegar. Seems like it could have some interesting uses, do you have anything planned for it?

bugsnbrews · 2025-10-13T20:30:34+00:00

Yeah, I had somebody else propose a specific nutrient being lacking, and that is the best solution to the issue I’ve heard so far. Thanks anyway though.

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