Tired hornet(?) resting on the garage floor, letting me photograph it.

#Insect #InsectIdentification #Hornet #Lithuania #WhatsThisBug

Hi all. I was on kbin.social and decided to create kbin.social/m/WhatsThisBug and then posted a picture because I wanted an insect ID and didn't want to go back to Reddit. #Reddit #WhatsThisBug Boosts appreciated.

Is this a Great Spangled Fritillary, and whether your answer is yes or no, can you please also say how you can tell it is or is not one of the very similar bugs we also have in Maryland, USA? #WhatsThisBug #butterfly #wildflowers

Spotted this (presumably) European Ground Beetle under my back door sill tonight and caught him for identification. He's a long way from home here in Oregon, but I don't see that he's an invasive species. Released him in the yard a few minutes later to munch insect pests.
#insects #beetles #whatsthisbug