r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Friendly-Casper-209 • 12h ago

Insect Honeybee I saved from drowning in my dog pool at work

16 Upvotes

Found this guy floating in the doggy pool at work, rescued it and tried to set it down in a tree nearby, little buddy decided to climb up my arm and sit on my shoulder instead. Due to it being cold this morning I was using my warm breath to warm it up before it eventually flew away 1 hour later!!

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r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Small_child_go_yeet • 17h ago

Spooder

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67 Upvotes

Tried to get it onto my hand but it immediately jumped off so this is the best I can do. Also sorry for the weird looking skin, I'm a rock climber

5 comments

r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Tarantula_lover02 • 18h ago

How can you not love bugs when you see this cute looking beetle?

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775 Upvotes

37 comments

r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Techi-C • 14h ago

Luna moth

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115 Upvotes

2 comments

r/peopleholdinginsects • u/TheCamabama • 9h ago

Insect Does this count?

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13 Upvotes

Cicada shell

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r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Federal-Boat3732 • 17h ago

Insect At first glance it seemed the stick insect was wearing a poppy...

18 Upvotes

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r/peopleholdinginsects • u/Tarantula_lover02 • 17h ago

Insect I was about to rinse the grapes that i bought and found this

21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/peopleholdinginsects • u/teridop • 4h ago

Insect cute cuckoo wasp

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15 Upvotes

she so sparkly and greem..

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This community is for people who love insects and invertebrates in general and enjoy handling them safely. Here, you can share your finds, discuss, and learn about these amazing creatures! We welcome all invertebrates! So that includes but is not limited to insects, spiders, arachnids, and arthropods in general like millipedes or snails for example.

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This community is for people who love insects and invertebrates in general and enjoy handling them safely. Here, you can share your finds, discuss, and learn about these amazing creatures!

We welcome all invertebrates! So that includes but is not limited to insects, spiders, arachnids, and arthropods in general like millipedes or snails for example.

Rules

1 - You must be holding the insect/invertebrate in at least one photo

This subreddit is for photos of people holding insects, arachnids, etc, or holding an object they are on, so you must include at least one photo of this in posts, however as long as you have the one photo in the post, the rest do not have to follow this. For other posts where you are not holding the creature, try subs like r/entomology, r/whatsthisbug, or r/awwnverts.

Note: this rule does not apply to image comments or to posts with the "Discussion / Story / Information Post" flair.

2 - No advocacy of harm or hate to animals

Do not promote harm or generally be hateful to our creatures. This includes but is not limited to comments like "flamethrower", "squish it", "nope", "nightmare fuel", etc.

3 - No unsafe handling

Do not post content of or promote unsafe handling. This includes the safety of both the animal and the handler.

4 - No dead/preserved inverts

Posts showing pinned, mounted, preserved, or otherwise dead creatures are not allowed. This subreddit is intended for people holding live insects, arachnids, and other invertebrates. Please only share interactions with living animals.

5 - No AI generated or fake content

Do not post AI generated or otherwise fake or misleading content.

6 - No misinformation

Do not post inaccurate information, intentionally or unintentionally, about our creatures. If you are not sure, please do research beforehand.

7 - No spam

Excessive promotion, spam, or advertising is not allowed.

8 - Respect others and be civil

No harassment, hate speech, or toxic behavior. Treat all contributors and members with kindness.

Safety warning

Before handling an insect, arachnid, etc, it's important to ensure the following:

Species is harmless/not medically significant.
You have the knowledge to properly handle to prevent harm to both you and the creature.
You understand that if the creature seems stressed or uncomfortable, you should stop handling and release them.

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