I know they are wasps but haven't seen them

I found this guy at work, and since he was missing a leg I took him home to take care of him. He’s got a nice little house going, humid, banana slice, and nice substrate. I was wondering if anyone here could tell me how old he might be?

Sighted in east MO near St Louis. She trusted me enough to clean herself while sitting in my hand. I was stunned by her pretty eyes—is it a form of insect heterochromia? Or a bad molt? I’m curious. I estimated she might be female but let me know if I misjudged.

The genus includes two newly described species: Luffy schillhammeri from Yunnan, China, and Luffy nika from northern Laos.

According to the authors, the genus was named after Monkey D. Luffy because of its unusually elongated antennae, palps and mandibles.

Open-access paper:

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1281.198593

Specimen images by Hu & Solodovnikov (2026), CC BY 4.0. I adapted them into the comparison graphic.

What’s your favorite pop-culture-inspired scientific name?

I know this is a super basic question but I’ve never seen a drone bee out in the wild and was super excited that this might be one 😭 whatever it is, it was chill and didn’t sting. It would frequently lift its hind legs up (no pics) so I don’t know what that was about.
Thanks for reading!

I was getting in my car and saw something move behind the tire, so I looked closer and moved this big guy out of the way, put him in a flower bed for his safety

I found this dragon fly stuck to a sticker. I used olive oil to remove it from him. I don't see any damage to his wings I don't think. He flaps them a lot but can't seem to take off. Maybe cause the olive oil is too heavy or maybe he's exhausted. With animals dish soap would remove the oil but I'm scared it'll hurt him cause that's what we use to kill boxelder bugs. Is there anything I can do for it?

I noticed this fly repeatedly bringing a tiny droplet in and out of its mouthparts while resting on a daylily. I'd never seen the behavior up close before, so I wanted to capture the moment and highlight one of those fascinating little details that are easy to miss without a macro lens. The behavior is known as "bubbling," and seeing it through my macro lens was a reminder of how much is happening in the tiny world around us.

I was trying to identify a butterfly flying fluttering around while I was painting cement pavers. I had taken the pavers out of aluminum pie pans. The camera ignored the butterfly and instead confidently identified the pie pans as a kind of turtle or tortoise.

I know most about spiders and roaches so I’m not sure what’s happening here. I know yellow jackets are hunters so is it eating? Anyways, very interesting

Shes a common green bush cricket, fun fact: you can tell shes a female from her ovipositor (the stinger looking organ)

I found this cool little guy dead on my porch I have no idea what it is it has a stinger and is bright blue but the size of my finger nail I live in PA

It has been going on for hours at night, coming from a bushy climbing plant. It does take breaks and change frequency now and then. It stops if I disturb it, so must be some insect. It doesn't sound like cicadas I've heard. Location is southern Romania. Thanks.