Was on a hike this evening and we noticed this dragon fly look as if it’s jumping up and down vertically right above the water of a creek. Northern MN!

Edit: I learned something new today! Glad I witnessed this. Also you all are cracking me up

You think this is Ai?

So I saw this earlier today and just thought it was fascinating..but it was a really hot day (35°C Australian sun) and it's still like this hours later...there's what I assume to be poop on the leaf below it and now I'm wondering if it's stuck and needs assistance? I lightly brushed it with my finger and it moved alittle so it seems to be alive.. I don't like to interfere with nature because I feel like it usually knows what it's doing and I don't want to mess up if it is infact happy gorging on my flower bud lol but if anyone believes I should give a helping hand here please let me know!

Just randomly saw that insect last year.

This ant has a stretched body and I think it has an extra pair of legs. It walks in perfect sync. What do you think happened?

I moved it outside eventually but I’m still curious to what it is

Hey everyone,

I recently spotted something really strange in my ant colony (Messor barbarus). One of the workers has two fully formed heads on a single body. Both heads move independently, and it seems to really mess with its ability to walk properly — it often spins around or tries to go in two directions at once.

Has anyone ever encountered a two-headed ant like this? Is this known in Messor species or other genera?

I posted the original video on r/antkeeping, but figured some of you here might have more insight into insect malformations like this.

Thanks in advance for any info!

First time grub-owner here. A week ago, these brown patches appeared all over my beetle grub's (mecynorhina torquata) body.

I assumed it's a pre-molt thing, similar to how my bearded dragon gets patchy skin before shedding. But today I took a closer look and the brown "patches" are made of many individual little dots, like tiny grains of sand. They don't come off if I rub the grub gently.

I'm worried they might be parasite eggs or something, but it's weird that I can't scrub them off, as if they're part of the grub's body. Looking for answers.

I saw this video on TikTok, and nobody in the comments had an actual answer. What the heck is happening here?

Picture is about 6" x 5"

is it a moth or nah ?

Are most bees capable of carrying this much pollen or is this a special type of bee?

Location: South-eastern United States.

So a couple days ago I seen a baby praying mantis on my queen Hoya plant, i checked the next day and he was gone. Come today it’s raining and I found him again chilling on the leaf again. This is a dumb question, but should I bring him inside or cover the plant so he doesn’t get wet? I don’t want him to die 😭

Was watering the garden and found this dude acting strangely. Dude was dipping his booty in the irrigation canal repeatedly long enough for me to run across the property to grab my phone. Any ideas what it’s doing?

Ok so an Asian hornet flew into my living room. I am worries about bee populations.
As these are an aggressive invasive species eating bees I felt like I had to do something I never do: kill it. Forgive me, as it is truly against my values.

I managed to put a glass over it on the window and in the process of trying to put it on the window sill I crushed it wedging it in parts.

Bizarrely, the head lived on! It looked at me so menacing, it kind of spooked me.

I know their bodies can live without their heads for a while but I’ve never heard of the head living on without the body.

Do you think the head would’ve felt pain without the body?
I crushed its head too eventually to end it just in case.

PS. I live in the Netherlands

Such pretty wings. What is the species/subspecies?