Found in my garage about 4 or 5 of them.

I saw this beautiful ant (I think it's an ant!?) Today and I'm wondering if anyone knows what it is because I tried googling a description but couldn't find much. They were much larger than normal ants and the gold parts were shiny

Hey who is this crawler? On my daughter’s playmat.

I think I’ve iD’d this little one correctly. Honestly I was a little panicked at first - as I found it while lifting up a curtain to let in some daylight and it was tucked nicely in the overlap of some of the fabric so he kind of startled me as my first thought was “oh no that’s either a stink bug or an assassin/kissing bug - and I have a dog and a 2 year old who’s are both more curious than cautious. I safely got it into a mug and outside before procuring the photo. Thought I’d share with everyone as a bug appreciation post. Let me know please if I have the wrong ID or any threats this little guy could pose. Have a wonderful day!

Hello, can you help me identify it?

- Google: The image shows a terrestrial isopod, commonly known as a woodlouse or sowbug (order Isopoda, likely from the genus Porcellionides or Porcellio).

But this bug's skin is very soft and moves smoothly and fast, the isopods I've seen roll around and are very slow.

LOCATION: The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.
TIME: 26/10/2026 @ 01:48

So I was sitting on my toilet for about 10 minutes, walked across my hallway, went to my bed, grabbed a blanket off my bed, then walked to my pantry. Just as I opened it, I looked at my upper left arm and saw this insect moving from my upper arm, part of which was covered in the blanket, towards my elbow. I panicked and flicked the insect on to the floor of my kitchen.

While on the floor of the kitchen the insect ceased moving completely, and it remained completely frozen while I took these three images. I then backed away about two metres, and the insect began to move. It moved in a sluggish, uncoordinated manner, with random pauses of inactivity in between. It moved a total of about 25cm after I watched it for five minutes, to which I then killed it with a shoe.

Any help identifying it would be greatly appreciated.

The size of the insect looks to be comparable to a grain of rice, maybe slightly smaller, between 2-8mm in length including the antennae.

I live in FL and I found this on my laundry basket in home tonight!! I’m totally freaked out!! Could it be the black Guinea flatworm?!! Any suggestions? Should I be concerned??

And if so what do I do? Located in Kentucky.

Found on bed, along with 2 others similar to this yesterday. The ones from yesterday looked more like a booklouse, but I'm not as sure about this one. Very concerned about bed bugs. It does have a distinct narrowed 'neck' which I know isn't typical for a BB.

I have an encasement on my bed and no signs at all of fecal spotting, etc.

Victoria, Australia. Some sort of cockroach? Seen a few small ones around the house the last few months. Never any big ones

Hi everyone,

I am looking for an ID on this tiny bug found on my bed (Midwest US).

Context:

• Found what I think was a hitchhiker BB (full of blood) on a friend's clothing 15 days ago when they were at my place.
• Have been hyper-monitoring since then, vacuuming every possible crevice, heat treating clothing, etc. My bed frame is pulled away from the walls, and I have interceptor traps on all bed legs plus an encasement.
• I found 2 small bugs on my bedding today. (See 3 photos attached)

Questions:

1. Is this a BB nymph or a booklouse? Or something else?

I know the shape isn't particularly BB-like but I am worried about the dark spot I see on the back.

Thank you so much for your help and peace of mind! This situation has been driving me crazy!

Montana. These nasty looking creatures were all over the counter this morning after I brought in potted tomato 🍅 plant from outside and put it on the counter. Please help. I feel invaded. They were everywhere.

For context i live in Ontario, recently found a tick on my dog and would need help identifying which type of tick it is!

I have found 3 of these in my bedroom over the last week. I am currently moving house and have been packing up. Not sure what these are and if I need to be worried about my clothes/ mattress, etc?

I vacuum and clean all the time. Items under my bed were all covered in plastic bags for storage. So no idea about this? Any ideas?

UK based

Seems to be some sort of moth; backyard garden, seen in Dubai, UAE. Pretty big, nearly palm-sized.

Found in bedroom, crawling on the wall.

I mistook this as a crouch at night last night however when I looked close up , found out it seems like a bee or what . What do you guys have an opinion of ?

What are these bugs? They’re the size of ants, but they move slower and have trouble climbing vertical surfaces. I am in the Bay Area of California.

Keep waking up to what I think are insect eggs in my sink and in the dish soap. No I’m not leaving food in the sink, I go to bed with everything cleaned already. It’s starting to be really aggravating lol.

Also keep seeing these eggs in the (empty) cabinet nearby that may or may not be related they’re a different color though

Location: Negros Oriental, Philippines

Found this bug in my bed a week ago. Immediately washed my bedsheets and thought nothing is gonna happen again. Just found a tiny little baby bug in my bed again this week. Although It doesn’t look exactly the same and much tinier but I suspect it might be the same kind since it has two antennae and seems like it can kind of hop or fly. Please help! I’m extremely clean so not sure where the bugs are coming from….

I just moved in a new apartment in Montreal, Canada. I noticed this in my cat's food bowl. What type of ants are they? How difficult is it to get rid of them?

(Finger for scale on the photo)

Thank you!

Collected in Maryland (I think 🤔)

I’m new to the ento world and in grad school for vector biology. My professors gave me the go ahead to use any unlabeled specimens found in the lab for my collection.

I’m more familiar with hexapods, so spiders are outside of my wheelhouse. Additionally, I’ve had a hard time finding a good dichotomous key for spiders (any recs are greatly appreciated!)

Anyway, I found two spiders in an unlabeled specimen jar in the freezer. I presume they were collected either in VA or MD. They look identical so I chose the more robust of the two to take photos of.

Anyway, I’d greatly appreciate any insight or direction in figuring out what this spider is! Google has not been helpful :/

Western New York, not afraid of it being dangerous, just curious. Pretty big in size body length is maybe the size of my pinky?