I love these guys so much they make me so happy

pipevine swallowtail!

He poo on meh :(

These guys are native to where I live. Their colors are absolutely stunning! As with many things in nature that are brightly colored, Eastern lubber grasshoppers are poisonous if eaten. When threatened, they secrete a foul-smelling, toxic fluid from the breathing holes (spiracles) along their body. They can also vomit a dark brown, bitter digestive liquid. Though even with all of this, they're relatively harmless to humans. The most they can do is irritate your skin with those fluids. Which can easily come off with simple soap and water.

When they are babies (nymphs) they are generally jet black with some yellow/orange patterns. It is when they turn into adults that they achieve these bright yellows and oranges. Though sometimes, they can stay relatively black.

They also do have wings but they cannot fly as their wings are too small. And despite being grasshoppers, they're rather bad at jumping due to how hefty they are. Thats also where the name "lubber" came from. Meaning clumsy or awkward.

Been a while since I posted here. Hope you guys learned something new! :)

Some of my adult/subadult giant Madagascar hissing cockroaches from my colony 😅

Found at work

I found 3 winged insects stuck inside my work tonight, so I escorted them outside. The moth was shaking their wings for a bit.

Found this guy on my porch this morning :)

i let him sit on my hand until he dried off and flew away

I am actually scared to hold bugs, but it was cool to handle these little guys! I don’t know much about bugs/insects but the butterfly was struggling to fly with its bent wings.

I found this wee baby millipede while I was adding composting worms to my bin. I have no idea if this is a baby or adult or even gender. Add to this, I found it after I opened the shipment of worms, which came from Pennsylvania, to me, in Wisconsin. No idea if this little guy is native or not, but after digging around, I'm pretty sure of a few things:

Not a flat back

Not a spotted snake millipede (size seems close, but no distinguishable red dots along the sides).

Can anyone tell me who my little friend is?

2 of my Amblypygi. Small and large species :)

This is one of my female Madagascar hissing cockroach named Keisha !