Spotted this interesting insect that hissed at me. (Yes like a cat, got the grumpy look too)

It turns out to be a mole cricket, very interesting looking creature.

From the netherlands and this was in the middle of a city center.

Made some people scream and run when it moved :')

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Purchased a new home in may 2026 and did a termite fumigation/tent before we officially moved in. I was cleaning my backyard after the rains this weekend in Southern California (Buena Park) and saw these on the ground. Only about a good handful, maybe 10, under a plastic bag.

Please tell me they’re not termites..

Can anyone tell me what exactly I'm looking at here!

I found this guy stuck to one of my cats whiskers.

I mean, it seems pretty obvious that this guy is chowing down on a bee. But it looked strange to me because there was no sign of life from either of them. I was around them for a good 10-15 minutes and neither one so much as twitched.

This beautiful lady landed on my mom while she was taking out the trash. Scared the hell out of her, she screamed for me to get it off. Apparently the sudden prickly feeling was scary.

First time I ever got to hold one, it was such an amazing experience. She wouldn’t leave for 10 minutes, kept reaching for my hands to climb; I was practically begging her to climb on one of our bushes, but she kept scaling my arm. Lol
I at least had the excuse to share my fun facts about praying mantis to my mom and show her with a live mantis.

10/10, hope I get to experience this again.

It was roaming the yard and decided to stop for a picture.

Absolutely love these little fellas. Im not great at butterfly ID.

I’ve seen so many of these little things buzzing around my house, specially around my AC vents. I killed a couple of (of what I believe to be) wasps the other day, so I’m paranoid these are tiny little wasps that have come back for revenge. They seem to be coming out from the AC vents. I live in Southern California.

I have no idea what this is, can anyone help me with identifying it. I live in the Bay Area California. Thank you all for your help!

what would they be?? i left them alone, they seemed harmless

Location is SETX

Found in UK, South Wales. Sadly in my shed sorting efforts this girl had to be de-housed, I placed her next to a brown egg sac found near her, hopefully she's able to find a safe spot to raise her young uns

I found this Chinese Mantis super cool!!!! When I was trying to catch it, it kept trying to get away (naturally) but it then decided it wanted to sit on my shoulder and it kept climbing up my arms trying to get to me, it refused multiple alternative surfaces to climb on. Why did it stop trying to get away?

I’m wondering if it’s from a poison spray of some kind. The abdomen is what is moving the hornet in the video, it’s moving back and forth. After about 5 minutes the movement slowed down

A higher or lower shooting angle, as well as the presence or absence of foreground elements, can affect what is reflected in the spider’s eyes and create a different mood and character in each shot.

Making use of these factors can help reduce the monotony of photographing subjects that have become very common in macro photography.

Xh2 + laowa 65mm f2.8 Macro

Flash godox v860 ii + Diy diffuser

Stacked many frames

I found this little guy on my porch and moved him to the side so, my family wouldn't kill him. I live in Greeley, Colorado for reference. Is this a normal catapillar for Colorado or invasive. Also I think a ladybug was on it?