Alive, please! I want to catch them and release like everything else, but I just never have any success. I have a big, clearish (It is fairly coated in old glue still unfortunately - an old peanut butter pretzel container, I think... I'm very hungry) that I use for literally every other bug I see, but I cannot get flies in this thing. And they bother me SO MUCH! I don't take life when within power to not, so this is a very bothersome situation, as somehow I always seem to have at least 1 fly in my living space.

PLEASE HELP! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Any success stories, etc.

These flies test my will to live compassionately so very badly.

LITERALLY ONE BUZZIN BY MY EAR AS I WRITE THIS!!!! AHHHH!

Thank you.

Edit: And before anyone says it, my living space is fairly tidy. My drains are kinda scummy and I think that attracts them, but idk how to fix that, as I've tried a lot of things. They are fairly rare. Only ever like one. So, just catching them would be good to cease the irritation quite well, I think.

Also, I tried the "fly strip" things, but ... YOU CANNOT GET THEM OFF WITHOUT HURTING THEM! The one caught in that manner lost a wing, and I refuse to use them. I kept him in a container and fed him till his end... All I could do for em. I'm sorry, little fly. I was trying to be humane! : ( (They are pretty easy to keep happy, though. He probably lived a pretty good fly life, all things considered)

I believe they are Oncopeltus fasciatus. Sunflower seeds seem to be working.

So I am trying to find this the name of this insect I don't know if it's even discovered or not because I have been trying to find it like for hours now but I haven't found it yet on the internet.

So there is this insect like this is its actually really adorable its like cute but it's very small like smaller than a piece of rice I guess how much I can recall from my faded memories from months ago around autumn or spring or something like that, insect has like a really light green colour with Big eyes I think it has like a rectangle type of body shape and when I say its cute its is freaking cute. It just jumps around and all and just disappears because of its size and you won't even notice.

It's not like a planthopper or a leafhopper and I don't know if I should compare it with the grasshopper but I can't remember the word of another insect to compare it with but yeah.

It used to just randomly appear in on my table like jump around my books and notebooks and after few minutes it just disappears. And now it's been like my since I have seen it so yeah I think so it comes out around spring or autumn maybe. MAYBE.

Well I know there isn't much clue here but yeah can you find it?

And ya the place I saw it was in Jharkhand in India.

I just saw a pincher bug with wings!! I no joke would have argued with someone if they tried telling me pincher bugs have wings prior to this.

I was about to do my laundry when a centipede that looked exactly like an eastern centipede fell into my washing machine and it scared me so bad I just closed the door to the washing machine and left it. It’s been a whole day and I just googled red centipede and saw online what looked like the one I saw and it says that it is venomous and can give a painful bite. I only saw it for a few seconds so I’m hoping maybe I’m wrong about what it is and freaking out over nothing. It says online they’re not usually found in houses but my house is very old and needs repairs and I keep finding regular house centipedes and big spiders. I can’t find it anywhere, should I be worried? Should I be worried about my cats safety? Google is being vague and saying their venom can affect people differently but it’s mainly painful so I’m hoping I’m just being paranoid because I’m scared of insects and my dad always told me if there’s one bug there’s always more

Its kinda shiny, don't know what it is though.

it's as big as an adult thumb, it came crawling from under my door, and when it felt threatened it hunched over. It was seen in Benito Juarez, Mexico City. Is it dangerous? should i leave it be?

For context I had to collect field plants for a botany class. This guy was crawling around on a common tansy. It looks to be using a seed pod as a protective cover??

For me it'd be a false widow or somekind of tangle web spider. What would you choose and why?

I’m genuinely curious

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Check out the video in the comments- I didn't realize my wise friend here had a friend of their own hanging out!

I know some of you guys need it! He gives very good hugs!

Weird title.

But its promoting the killing of Eucalyptus Beetles in California, as they kill California eucalyptus trees.

However,

1. california eucalytpus are invasive as well

2. Eucalyptus trees are terrible for California for a number of reasons. They’re super flammable thanks to their oils and bark constantly shedding. They create chemicals that prevent other plant species from growing around them, choking out native plants. They are very poor at providing shelter or habitats for native wildlife. They consume huge amounts of water too because they’re not made for our drier climate. Last one is my opinion, but they’re ugly trees compared to native trees we have here.

What downsides are there to these beetles? And would it be a positive to kill them?