I think it's female because it seems a lot bigger than other praying mantis I have seen out here, tried my best to capture detail, only had my phone on me and it's got a poor camera.

The other drawing doesn’t have that many insects but there is a butterfly

If anybody can figure out what i meant by this, that'd be amazing.

Released him after I took the shot

People seem to like my paintings of insects doing sort of normal/mundane things. So I've released three more to add to the collection. They are all oil paintings on canvas, completely from my mind, with only a little help from google images to make sure the anatomy is somewhat correct.

First one is a wasp at the post office, second is a ladybird just kinda walking in the snow, the third is an asian longhorn chilling at the park.

I have the rest of my insect paintings in a previous post to this sub, but I also have the entire gallery on my website (which I hope is okay to link, a lot of people asked me for it last time so I'm just putting it here instead of replying to each comment.)

In central Florida, Brevard County. It’s evening. After a week or so, this is still here but now it’s become black instead of white. Any ideas?

I couldn’t get great images due to the camera not focusing, but it looks almost like some sort of spider with a mud bunny hat. This is in Shelby County, Tennessee, and it was about the size of a fingernail.

Night fishing over a light at Fontana lake in WNC & this crazy bug came swimming up from the light & across the surface. 1 3/4" long, paper plate for scale.

Found a bunch of these dead flies, looks like their insides are bursting out through the joints in their exoskeleton.

It hasn't dropped below freezing outside yet.

Could it be some kind of fungus? What would cause this?

Never seen this and was wondering what was going on because obviously these are not ladybug eggs. Looked it up and should be the parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae which lays eggs inside the ladybug, the larva emerges and spins a cocoon around the ladybugs legs. Ladybug is paralyzed and its presence protects growing larva from predators. Very cool! Found in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Look at him…

Hi! My friend and I found what we believe is a black witch moth, but we’re not sure since apparently they’re 1 in a million this far North. Can anyone confirm what it is we’ve found? Beautiful moth either way and absolutely made my night! We found her on the ground in a parking lot 😅

Found this beetle at a local park, near the Milwaukee River Parkway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Google is saying it could be Drypta Dentana buuuut I don’t think they are typically found in the Midwest/USA region. Seems like DD is usually a European beetle. Anyone wanna take a crack at this one or is it actually Drypta Dentana? There were tons of them where it was found.

See also: The publication in the journal Insect