
r/InsectPorn

Beetle ID help
I took this shot of a beetle in Gaeta, Italy on my mother in law's farm. Pretty common in the spring. Any help in getting an ID is greatly appreciated!
These might be the best pics I’ve ever taken
I think it’s a type of Scarab beetle! I flipped him over after his photoshoot
50 Million Mosquitoes, and a pair of nesting Geese!
Now that may not sound dull, but the math is. I took a walk around and at any moment I was surrounded by hundreds of mosquitoes, so I decided to estimate how many mosquitoes were present. I observed an estimated 20-30 mosquitoes at any given moment in any given one square foot column vertically. Using the smaller estimate, that’s 880,000 mosquitoes per acre, I have 80 acres of land, making me host to upwards of 50 million mosquitoes indeed.
Cocktail ant (Crematogaster) — face portrait + full side profile, Croatia [OC]
Shot this worker on a woodpile in Brodski Stupnik, Croatia. Two frames of the same individual — head-on first, then full profile showing the characteristic heart-shaped waist and gaster tilt.