Fascinating Insects

A place to share photos and interesting facts about insects and other arthropods.

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- Please post maximally once per day to keep the community as diverse as possible and put quality over quantity!

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jaki01

Fascinating Insects

2020-10-10 21:52

Little guide to avoid typical mistakes when determining insects and other arthropods.

Hello "Fascinating Insects", greetings from your community admin! :) This photo was taken many years ago, when I was still young, but as you can see, insects have always been my friends, and still are

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-17 12:12

Ladybug - brings luck

From a young age, we were taught that ladybugs bring good luck.And she is a real little happiness. Especially for our gardeners, she is our ally in the fight against plant pests. The month of May has started

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-15 19:47

House spider - Pholcus phalangioides

The house spider is widespread on all continents and lives in almost all conditions. In the company where I work, we have warehouses and rooms that are rarely used, which is ideal for housing this type

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hindavi

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-14 22:30

Tanaecia lepidea

Greetings, community, insect lovers, and photographers. <Tanaecia lepidea, commonly known as the Grey Count, is frequently spotted in our garden. These butterflies have a stunning appearance, with dark

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-11 18:48

Žilogriz (Capnodis tenebrionis) - Wood chipper

Žilogriz (Capnodis tenebrionis) - Wood chipper I hope it's a good English translation. When I found this "beetle" on a tree, I thought, what a cool big beetle, I'll take a picture of it now,

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-08 18:29

Colorado potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata )

Colorado potato beetle we call it the golden potato beetle A nightmare for every gardener who plants potatoes. Since we try to grow as organically as possible in our small family garden. We do not use

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shamis

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-06 18:50

The guard and the unimvited guest

Greetings dear Hiveans and members of the #fascinatinginsects community. After a short while, Iam back with another article about an insect, quite commonly found in our state. As part of our daily routine,

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-02 19:53

Hard-winged or real name ?

Since I live in the countryside, I am in contact with birds and insects. I mention both groups because I learned about both groups on the same day. I am not a professional photographer, I use my phone

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meerkashif

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-02 05:20

The Asian Honey bee

Hello everyone, hope you are doing well in your life. This is the first time I came across this fascinating community and I decided to show my perspective, my information and my knowledge about the fascinating

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markone85

Fascinating Insects

2026-05-01 11:15

Giant mosquito, and no it is not, Tipula maxima

My son came to me with a scary story: Dad, dad, a giant mosquito. And he immediately got a blowtorch so we could go kill it. He was scared. I immediately guessed what he saw. We call it a garden mosquito.

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elentogether

Fascinating Insects

2026-04-28 20:07

[En-Es] Genus Tetracha

Greetings, friends. I found a beetle with very beautiful colors. Saludos amigos. Encontré un escarabajo con colores muy bonitos. I was getting ready to clean the floor when something came out from among

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elentogether

Fascinating Insects

2026-04-14 18:52

[En-Es] Flower chafer

Hello dear community, I hope you are all well. Hola querida comunidad, espero que se encuentren todos bien. A few days ago I was in the living room and I noticed a fairly large insect walking back and

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elentogether

Fascinating Insects

2026-04-01 23:51

[En-Es] Turquoise shield bug (Edessa rufomarginata)

Hello friends. Hola amigos. A little over a month ago, this bug was perched on the garden plants for a few minutes and I rushed to take pictures of it because its color didn't seem usual to me. Hace poco

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hindavi

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-27 16:01

I curious about it.

Hello, friends, and greetings to the community! This is my small contribution to the community created by @jaki01. I've been dealing with internet issues, along with computer problems, and rising summer

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elentogether

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-21 19:35

[En-Es] The little angel bees returned

These small insects belong to one of the species also called "stingless bees" (tribe Meliponini). They are native, unlike the honeybee, which is more commonly used in beekeeping and was introduced

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ultratrain

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-16 18:52

Beautiful hunter

The forest paths down by the Verde River here in Arizona have seen quite a few Darkling Beetles out and about but a more striking (and formidable) beetle has also made an appearance. The Green Caterpillar

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ika01

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-05 09:11

Types of Snout Weevils

Curculionidae is a family of snout beetles, commonly called snout beetles or true snout beetles. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 described species worldwide. They

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florian-glechner

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-03 19:22

Hummingbird hawk-moth at my mothers lavender

My mother has some nice lavender growing in her garden and in Summer there are a lot of insects and bees visiting the lavender. The hummingbird hawk-moth is one of the regular visitors that feeds of the

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jaki01

Fascinating Insects

2026-03-02 20:34

Insekten und andere Kleintiere in Tagaytay - #5.

Liebe Arthropodenfreunde, es ist mal wieder Zeit, meine während der letzten Monate in Tagaytay gesammelten 'Kleintierfotos' zu präsentieren. Ich wünsche viel Spaß beim Betrachten der Bilder! Die ersten

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crstypatata

Fascinating Insects

2026-02-27 14:23

a few bugs I found.

Lead Image created using CANVA It can be exhausting to follow a toddler wherever he wants to go. He wants to be followed, even if it is dangerous and you do not want to. Huhays! Haha, just a little rant,

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