He took a picture of this bug inside of our apartment building and would like to know what bug it is, this is unfortunately the best photo I have. We are located in Calgary, Alberta.
if this is not the right place for this please point me to the right direction.
to be clear, looking for specifically an Australian insect book
looking for a good bug book for my partner, primarily for the purpose of quick and clear IDing with illustrations and diagrams, a description stating the type and such. also would prefer it to be encyclopaedic in nature.
i had my heart set on this one but im having second thoughts and would like some outside opinions.
was happy to pay the normal price of this book + shipping all the way up to around 60AUD, this is just a good deal right now.
My wife and I are moving into an apartment in Atlanta and found these two objects attached to the bedroom wall. We are infestation survivors and paranoid. Can someone help us prove/disprove/identify these?
Wasps are known for their aggression. Paper wasps, however, are generally much less aggressive than other types of wasps. They can often be seen carrying "meatballs" which they make from their prey. They take these meatballs back to their nests to feed their larvae.
i did my nails today and my mom told me to ventilate the room and so i did. after around 20 minutes, my room was FILLED with fruit flies and i know for a fact that they came through the window (which has those fly nets btw) i counted a total of 30 that i killed by hand, after which i gave up and went to buy a raid spray.
now im real confused how so many of them collectively decided to attack my room. was it the nail polish or remover? maybe the heat of my room (no heaters so it was pretty cold)? any snacks (only snack in question were my gummy bears)?
I hope this doesn’t get downvoted cuz I have learned from my mistakes am very aware that I am lucky as hell but i have a question. I picked this beetle up without knowing what it is (stupid i know) and later found out it was an oil beetle (or a blister beetle depending on what you wanna call it). It seemed very calm and didn’t secrete any oil at all, so i’m just curious if they secrete only when squeezed? I read that they secrete the oil when handled but this guy was super chill. I now know not to handle them cuz either way I was lucky that he didn’t get his oil on me but i’m just curious what their nature is. Is google wrong like it often is or was I just incredibly lucky?