NSW Australia

ハラビロカマキリが木の上でオオスズメバチに襲い掛かったら二人ともそのまま転落してきた。マウントポジションが変わってオオスズメバチがそのままハラビロカマキリを捕食した。

Giant Asian Mantis attacked a Japanese Giant Hornet while they were both on a tree. They fell to the ground together, and as they struggled, their positions reversed, leaving the hornet on top. The Japanese Giant Hornet then proceeded to prey on the mantis.

※I’m using ChatGPT to translate this, so there may be some translation errors.

Found in Edmonton near the river on a bridge

I hope these posts aren't an annoyance to anyone haha, I'll always make sure to post these in batches instead of just posting them as they come so that I don't clog the sub too much.

There used to be butterflies here . Fluttering around the neighbourhood in colours of mostly white and yellow. In rare cases their would be one or two in a shade of deep blue, and orange.

There were also many fireflies. Soo many of them that I possibly could not count them, to me they were like the countless stars which illuminated the night sky. I remember collecting them in bottles and watching in fascination as their greenish bright lights would slowly fade while in captivation.

And also there had been a red ant colony. They were my favorite because of how those tiny critters would react once made aware of my approaching finger. Their entire bodies would halt and they would become still, with only their mandibles visibly twitching in anticipation. I loved them more so for their brilliant leafy havens, which recently I have come to learn were made using their own babies, wow. Sadly they are no longer, swept away by a thunderstorm.

Its been years since I have seen a butterfly in real life and the fireflies which were once uncountable can now be counted without difficulty.

I live in a developing city, so the once abundant green here is slowly being replaced with grey. This explains why insects are dying, and humans are 100% the reason why, but I'm not sure what I can do to prevent this.

Found this guy in my backyard, houston TX!

Found in the butterfly garden at Changi airport, Singapore. They have a seemingly wide variety of species there, I was able to identify 7 different ones. These fellas' colors are mesmerizing!

Hello

I recently came across the IUCN Red List and wanted a fun way to discover the species on it, especially the ones close to extinction or already gone. So I made AnimalsMasters, a free card game that runs in your browser. There are

You open booster packs (a free one arrives every hour) and collect cards of real animals: each one has its photo, facts about the species and a map of where it was observed. The rarity of a card follows the Red List, from Least Concern to Extinct, so the rarest cards are the species that are closest to disappearing. You can also trade cards with friends.

The data comes from iNaturalist, Wikidata and Wikipedia. I'm not a professional entomologist, so if you spot a mistake in a species page, please tell me and I'll fix it.

https://www.animalsmasters.com

Which species would you want to see in the game? Do I miss some?

I thought it was just a species of grasshopper that has pink on it, but when I uploaded it to iNaturalist, it didn't know what it was. Found in Kansas.

Found crawling on my bedsheets.
Very small, smaller than size of sesame seed
Location central Texas.

It's like thick with 2 c's! Thicccccc

ハラビロカマキリはそのままオオスズメバチに肉団子にされた。オオスズメバチは仕留めた獲物と巣を何度も往復してカマキリは跡形も無くなった。

The Giant Asian Mantis was immediately chewed into a ball of food by the Japanese giant hornet. The hornet repeatedly flew back and forth between the nest and the prey, carrying pieces of the mantis back to the nest until nothing was left.

I’m using ChatGPT to translate this, so there may be some minor translation errors.

sorry for poor quality, i didn't wana scare the mantis away by getting to close

Not sure I've ever seen something like it

• Habitat: Remote village (first) near a mountain and urban city (second).
• Time of day: Afternoon (first) and night (second) between 9-10 pm.
• Geographical Area: Southern part of Asia.
• Behavior: The bugs were calmly resting on a wooden plank (first) and on a wooden door (second).

It seems to be an American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) and is about as long as my finger.

Earlier today it came back to the same spot for whatever reason, fell to the ground, and flew away when I tried to flip it back on its feet.