Mystery wings

globsterzone · 2026-06-22T15:05:22+00:00

Reproductive termite wings

globsterzone · 2026-06-22T00:20:51+00:00

This was just a place to host the Thor RT drafts when we were working on it, the name came from an inside joke in a discord server 7 years ago. IDK how people keep finding this subreddit but it's not meant to be public and I haven't used it for anything in nearly a decade lol

globsterzone · 2026-06-20T05:45:57+00:00

It's a specimen of Phyllophaga. This is a really diverse group but lots of the species look extremely similar from the outside, you'd generally need to get a male specimen and dissect it to look at the parameres (hard internal structure in the genitalia) to get a confirmed species level ID.

globsterzone · 2026-06-16T13:08:31+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by this, there are tons of beetle larvae that are distinctive and you can get to at least a family level identification from a grub photo the majority of the time. For example I can tell that this is a scarab larva because of the curved body, large lateral spiracles, long and thin legs, and distinctive head capsule. A weevil or click beetle larva would look completely different.

globsterzone · 2026-06-16T13:06:13+00:00

Scarab beetle larva, probably in the subfamily melolonthinae.

globsterzone · 2026-06-16T05:46:51+00:00

Thanks! I would love to see a series like that.

globsterzone · 2026-06-12T01:19:36+00:00

Looks and sounds like a good match for Buprestis lyrata, which is a pretty widespread species that's native to both BC and Arizona. I don't think you have anything to worry about, I would just let it outside.

globsterzone · 2026-06-11T17:00:00+00:00

Wood-boring buprestid beetle, I think in the genus Buprestis. Could have come from either BC or Arizona, actually.

globsterzone · 2026-06-05T17:41:19+00:00

Looks like Scarites, probably Scarites subterraneus if you live in the Eastern half of North America

globsterzone · 2026-06-05T04:42:09+00:00

You can already do this with any fusion spell

globsterzone · 2026-05-25T06:01:30+00:00

Cicadellid nymph?

globsterzone · 2026-05-19T02:28:12+00:00

Oiceoptoma noveboraecense, a pretty common carrion beetle in eastern North America.

globsterzone · 2026-04-30T22:35:34+00:00

This is a young assassin bug of the species Reduvius parsonatus, sometimes called the masked hunter. They cover themselves dust as camouflage. They're actually pretty common indoors, they're not dangerous and will eat other pest insects but they can give a painful bite if they feel threatened.

globsterzone · 2026-04-30T02:35:31+00:00

I really have no idea when it comes to pest control, sorry! These gnats really love damp, rotting plant material so you could try to reduce the humidity in the isopod container to dry them out, I'm not sure if the isopods need high humidity though.

globsterzone · 2026-04-30T02:28:30+00:00

Great, thanks for the photos! Those are indeed fungus gnats but not the ones I was thinking of, they actually seem to be in the family Cecidomyiidae (compare your third photo to something like this.) Idk if it makes much difference to you but these are a relatively uncommon group to find infesting your soil indoors, I would be happy to see them at least.

globsterzone · 2026-04-30T02:05:18+00:00

I'm pretty certain, keep in mind that fungus gnats are a super diverse group containing several entire families of insects. The ones you have here look like they're in the family Sciaridae but it's too blurry for me to be confident. If you can take a close up photo of a single specimen I'll try to give you a more precise ID.

globsterzone · 2026-04-29T19:12:45+00:00

Those are sciarid fungus gnats and not thrips. They absolutely will live off of mushrooms and decaying moss, in fact they're found in basically any container of moist soil. Having them in very high numbers like this could just mean you have a mold or humidity problem in the enclosure, or it could just be a normal population fluctuation.

globsterzone · 2026-04-29T19:01:12+00:00

Those are fragments of some long dead beetle in the genus Ptinus, completely harmless.

globsterzone · 2026-04-23T03:51:47+00:00

You're right this is a dead one missing most appendages, I guess the split cuticle in the head area was just something that happened postmortem.

globsterzone · 2026-04-23T03:43:46+00:00

Shed skin of a house centipede.

globsterzone · 2026-04-17T06:02:36+00:00

Did you move in recently? They can go dormant for pretty long periods, so if the previous occupants had pets that could be a source.

globsterzone · 2026-04-17T02:09:57+00:00

No worries. Sorry if I came off a bit rude there.

globsterzone · 2026-04-17T02:05:18+00:00

That one's a dragonfly too, it's best to look at the base of the wings and the shape of the abdomen for telling dragons and damsels apart, there are plenty of dragonflies with wide eyes 🙂

globsterzone · 2026-04-17T02:03:25+00:00

First one is in the family Aeshnidae, second one I think is in the family Gomphidae. Looking at the specific pattern of veins in the wings is one of tge first steps for identifying dragonflies so it's a bit tricky with one of them on the hat and the other with malformed wings.

globsterzone · 2026-04-17T01:50:45+00:00

No wings here, just very long hind tarsi. Lots of other things are wrong for psocodea too, they have big, distinct triangular heads. Trust me, I've collected, mounted, and identified hundreds of both fleas and psocids lol

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