Giant Blue and Black Iridescent Bee Looking Insect

Commonly submitted insects with rollover identification (below)

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Spring cankerworm

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Oak catkin mirid. Photo by Mike Merchant.

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Robber fly with prey

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Cicada killer wasp

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Western cicada killer. Photo credit Andrew Porter

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Western cicada killer wasp

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Southern yellowjacket queen

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Wheel bug

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Assassin bug adult

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Hackberry nipplegall maker adult

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Assassin bug nymph

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Assassin bug immature, genus Zelus, very common in Texas.

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Asian giant hornet look-alikes in Texas

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Kissing bug Triatoma gerstaeckeri

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kissing bug (left) and Mozena lunata (right)

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What you need to know about kissing bugs

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Quick kissing bug identification

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Photos of kissing bugs

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Insects confused with kissing bugs

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Bed bugs on a US dime

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Bed bug

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Crane fly adult

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Cockroach species

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Fall armyworm larvae

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Buck moth caterpillar

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Flannel moth caterpillar

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Tussock moth caterpillar

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Eight-spotted forester caterpillar

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Forest tent caterpillar

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Salt marsh caterpillar

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pipevine swallowtail caterpillar

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White-lined sphinx caterpillar

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Black soldier fly larva (actually a pupa)

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larva of the giant swallowtail butterfly

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Green June Beetle / Fig Beetle

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Assassin bug (insect family Reduviidae)

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Lady beetle larva

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lacewing larva

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Carpet beetle larva

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Common blister beetle species

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Varied carpet beetle

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Lacewing larva

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Sharpshooters

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Elm leaf beetle

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Redheaded ash borer

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hickory borer adult

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Harlequin bug

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Sehirus cinctus

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Sehirus cinctus nymph (immature)

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Winged adult Texas leafcutting ant.

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Cicada adult

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Texas leafcutting ant

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Adult Texas leafcutting ant after the wings have fallen off.

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Hardwood stump borer

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giant water bug

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Dobsonfly adult (male)

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Crape Myrtle Bark Scale

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Brown recluse spider, female

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Windscorpion

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Argiope spider

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Juniper budworm on Ashe juniper (cedar)

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Windscorpion

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Bagrada bug

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Emerald ash borer

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Army cutworm, also called the Miller moth

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Army cutworm, also called the Miller moth

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Lady beetle pupa

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Male carpenter ant

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Female carpenter ant

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Immature Assassin Bug

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Imperial moth

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Ironclad beetle. Photo credit: K. C. Rudy.

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Ironclad beetle

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Ironclad beetle

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A flea

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An ensign wasp

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Scolopendra centipede

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Eyed click beetle

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Lady beetle larva

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Goldenrod soldier beetle

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Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle

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Indianmeal moth

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Mexican Honey Wasp Nest

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Cecropia moth

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