Lazarus's Earth-boring Scarab Beetle (Eucanthus lazarus) under the microscope! #NativeSpecies #Coleoptera #InverteFest2025 #Insect #Arthropod #Cute #Tiny #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Goofy little hemipteran on some goldenrod. Not sure what species they are. But they're probably a treehopper or leafhopper of some sort. #InverteFest2025 #NativeSpecies #Hemiptera #TrueBug #Insects #Cute #Solidago #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

CW: Live insect being eaten

Carolina mantis is adorable while eating. Look at that football shaped face. This native species primarily feeds on moths, hence why I feed him that.

#Mantis #InverteFest2025 #Invert #Insect #Eating #Pet #Bug #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

FANCY DUNG BEETLE!!! Bolbocerosoma farctum. I love these little guys so much, they're unbelievably cute. Watch the video for proof. THEY SQUEAK TOO. #Beetle #Beeble #Cute #Insect #InverteFest2025 #Coleoptera #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

HOLY SHIT A WEEVIL!!! An elephant weevil (Curculio proboscideus). First proper snouty boi I've seen. #Beetles #Weevil #Coleoptera #InverteFest2025 #Invert #Bug #Insect #Cute #Snoot #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Snek

Snek

Southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) I saw yesterday basking in the sun on a dead Chinese tallow tree (that I killed). First time one hasn't ran away from me. #Snek #Snake #Herp #HerpSky #Reptile #Noodle #Cute #Predator #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Big fat female Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) on an oak tree! Very quick bug. #Mantis #Mantodea #InverteFest2025 #Insect #Invert #Cute #Cool #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

2 DEEEEEEEEER. I'm gonna miss this place being in the middle of nowhere. New place is probably gonna be suburban hell. #WhitetailDeer #Deer #Does #Mammals #NativeSpecies #Cute #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

A badass hanging thief (Diogmites sp.) hanging from a plant while feeding on a leaf footed bug. Little monkey bug. Top of the insect food chain, above dragonflies. #RobberFly #InverteFest2025 #Awesome #NatureIsLit #NativeSpecies #Predator #Diptera #Goofy #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Adorable red headed meadow katydid (Orchelimum erythrocephalum) singing in some native amaranth grass. #Cute #NativeSpecies #InverteFest2025 #Katydid #Orthoptera #Bugs #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Oops, all female cicadas! Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen pruinosus, and Neotibicen davisi! #InverteFest2025 #Cicadas #Cute #Bugs #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

I hit the jackpot tonight. 7 cicadas! 5 Megatibicen grossa nymphs, a Neotibicen lyricen adult, and a mystery species adult. #InverteFest2025 #Cicadas #Insects #Bugs #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Cute #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Two Megatibicen grossa cicadas

Found TWO El Fatto Fartos (Megatibicen grossa) tonight. My record is SEVEN at my grandma's, but this is the record here. #Cicadas #Cute #Insects #Bugs #Hemiptera #TrueBug #InverteFest2025 #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

I found a bombardier beetle holy shit. Never expected to find one, bucket list insect. iNaturalist foolishly says it's a false bombardier beetle, but the video below this will be proof that's it's a real one. ##NatureIsLit #Insects #Beetles #Bombardier #Dangerous #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

VERY loud swamp cicada (Neotibicen tibicen) with extra dark eyes. #Cicadas #InverteFest2025 #Scream #Hemipteran #TrueBug #Cute #Bug #Insects #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Found what I thought was a horned passalus beetle but turns out to be a triceratops beetle (Phileurus sp.)! Somehow still makes squeaky noises though. Very cute and huge. iNat has nothing on establishment means. #Beetle #Coleoptera #Phileurus #InverteFest2025 #Insects #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

I found a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) last night! Such a cute yet ferocious beast of an insect. #AssassinBug #TrueBug #Hemiptera #InverteFest2025 #Inverts #Insects #Cute #Predator #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Badass fly from the front

Badass fly from the side

Badass fly from the side

Badass fly from the bottom

Badass as hell looking hornet fly (a type of hover fly) in the genus Spilomyia I found last night! #InverteFest2025 #NativeSpecies #Diptera #Flies #Insects #Inverts #Mimicry #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna #Badass #NotAWasp #NatureIsLitAF

Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata) Oak Treehopper in May 2025 by sockynoob. Another buggy that stays perfectly still and lets me handle it without needing to take video!

GUYS LOOK WHO I JUST FOUND!!! They stayed perfectly still so I had no need to record video. Straight to iNaturalist! www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Platycotis #Treehopper #Hemiptera #TrueBug #InverteFest2025 #Insects #Cute #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Eastern narrow mouthed toads (Gastrophryne carolinesis) going WEHHHHHHHHH! #Frogs #Song #Bleet #Weh #Ambient #Herps #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

I heard a loud THUD hit my window and went to go see what it was. To my amazement, it was one of my bucket list bugs, a horned passalus beetle! Very large and intelligent but clumsy bugs. #Odontotaenius #Beetles #InverteFest2025 #Inverts #Cute #Insects #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Top view of the roach

Side view of the roach

Front view of the roach

Underside view of the roach

Parcoblatta virginica, our most common native species of cockroach, are out in full force. Commonly found covering outside walls. Great species to keep as a pet too. #Parcoblatta #Roach #Inverts #Insects #InverteFest2025 #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Two out of countless species that call bristle thistle their home. #Cirsium #Thistle #NativeSpecies #Wildlife #Spiders #StinkBug #Insects #Flowers #InverteFest2025 #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

The soothing and adorable calls of the American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea). I tried to record one calling but this one wouldn't cooperate. #Hyla #Treefrogs #Frogs #Herps #Amphibians #Cute #Nature #Sounds #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen lyricen, and Neotibicen davisi on my hand

Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen lyricen, and Neotibicen davisi on my hand

Small, medium, and large! #Neotibicen #Megatibicen #Cicadas #InverteFest2024 #Inverts #Insects #Hemiptera #Cute #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Adorable little Neotibicen davisi cicada on my thumb

Cicadas are the cutest freaking animals in the world and this photo is proof. #Neotibien #NeotibicenDavisi #Cicadas #Hemiptera #InverteFest2024 #Insects #Inverts #Cute #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Cute lil parasitoid wasp making a nest on my window! It carried in what I think is a tiny grub to lay eggs in or eat. Either way I'm very happy to have this cutie living here. #InverteFest2025 #NativeSpecies #Parasitoid #Wasp #Hymenoptera #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna #Cute #Insects #Inverts

Multiple Megatibicen grossa cicadas on my hand

Multiple Megatibicen grossa cicadas on my hand

Multiple Megatibicen grossa cicadas on my hand

Multiple Megatibicen grossa cicadas on my hand

Never forget when I had five EL FATTO FARTO (Megatibicen grossa) on my hand last year. So many giant cute idiots. #Inverts #ElFattoFarto #Cicadas #InverteFest2024 #Megatibicen #MegatibicenGrossa #Cute #Insects #Hemiptera #USfauna #MSfauna #Mississippi

#Invertebrates #Inverts #Invertefest2025 #Acanthocephala #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Insects #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #MSfauna #USfauna #Cute #StinkBug

Eastern Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes) Eastern Bee Assassin in May 2024 by sockynoob. Observation 1/2: Assassin bug. This was so exciting to see! First time seeing something like this...

Eastern bee assassin (Apiomerus crassipes) I observed last year eating some sort of wasp. #TrueBugTuesday #Hemiptera #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna www.inaturalist.org/observations...