One of the few caterpillars that attaches bits of flowers and other plant parts to its body for camouflage!
这应该是Caterpillar（毛虫）的一种，身上的奇怪东西其实捡来放在身上的，主要是为了逃避它的天敌（鸟）。
奇怪的是，同样的虫可以把自己伪装成不同的样子。有的看起来像长了青苔的小木干，有的像有种子的树枝。停的时候还不时摇摆好像有风的样子。
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata)
Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata)
One of the few caterpillars that attaches bits of flowers and other plant parts to its body for camouflage!
这应该是Caterpillar（毛虫）的一种，身上的奇怪东西其实捡来放在身上的，主要是为了逃避它的天敌（鸟）。
奇怪的是，同样的虫可以把自己伪装成不同的样子。有的看起来像长了青苔的小木干，有的像有种子的树枝。停的时候还不时摇摆好像有风的样子。
One of the few caterpillars that attaches bits of flowers and other plant parts to its body for camouflage!
这应该是Caterpillar（毛虫）的一种，身上的奇怪东西其实捡来放在身上的，主要是为了逃避它的天敌（鸟）。
奇怪的是，同样的虫可以把自己伪装成不同的样子。有的看起来像长了青苔的小木干，有的像有种子的树枝。停的时候还不时摇摆好像有风的样子。
Friday, April 17, 2009
Lantern Bug (Pyrops candelarius)
Lantern Bug
The lantern bug, especially that of the genus Pyrops, is a favorite among collectors due to their bright patterns.
The lantern bug, also known as “lantern fly” is a very old insect. They have been around for more than 300 million years.
The order of insects in which lantern bugs belong to can be found in three continents – Asia, Australia, and America.
Lantern bugs belong under the fulgorid genus of Fulgora and Pyrops.
Lantern bugs of the Fulgora genus can be found in Central and South America while those under the Props genus can be found in southeast Asia.
Size, shape and colors of the lanter bug.
The lantern bug can grow from 1.5 to 3 inches long from head to thorax and has a wingspan of about 2 to 2.5 inches wide, depending on the species. It has a long beak, called its rostrum, which it uses to suck the juice out flowers and fruits. The lantern bug is an herbivore.
Lantern bugs are called thus because of their bright usually contrasting colors. Their actually coloring varies for each genus but the colors are bright enough for them to earn their name, despite the fact that no lantern bug actually emits any light at all.
Lantern bugs all belong under the order called Hemiptera.
There are actually around 80,000 species belonging under the order. Aside from lantern bugs other insect under the Hemiptera order include cicadas, aphids, shield bugs, etc. Insect belonging all have the distinctive characteristic of having a proboscis with a beak (rostrum) that is designed to pierce tissue and suck fluids, usually sap, out. True bugs undergo metamorphosis several times and the nymphs look a lot like the adults.
The Order Hemiptera is further subdivided into the sub-orders Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Sternorrhyncha, and Coleorrhyncha. The last three sub-orders where once classified under one sub-order, Homoptera, until since they shared the same wing structure and position of their rostrum. Lantern bugs belong under the sub-order Homoptera.
The lantern bug, especially that of the genus Pyrops, is a favorite among collectors due to their bright patterns.
The lantern bug, also known as “lantern fly” is a very old insect. They have been around for more than 300 million years.
The order of insects in which lantern bugs belong to can be found in three continents – Asia, Australia, and America.
Lantern bugs belong under the fulgorid genus of Fulgora and Pyrops.
Lantern bugs of the Fulgora genus can be found in Central and South America while those under the Props genus can be found in southeast Asia.
Size, shape and colors of the lanter bug.
The lantern bug can grow from 1.5 to 3 inches long from head to thorax and has a wingspan of about 2 to 2.5 inches wide, depending on the species. It has a long beak, called its rostrum, which it uses to suck the juice out flowers and fruits. The lantern bug is an herbivore.
Lantern bugs are called thus because of their bright usually contrasting colors. Their actually coloring varies for each genus but the colors are bright enough for them to earn their name, despite the fact that no lantern bug actually emits any light at all.
Lantern bugs all belong under the order called Hemiptera.
There are actually around 80,000 species belonging under the order. Aside from lantern bugs other insect under the Hemiptera order include cicadas, aphids, shield bugs, etc. Insect belonging all have the distinctive characteristic of having a proboscis with a beak (rostrum) that is designed to pierce tissue and suck fluids, usually sap, out. True bugs undergo metamorphosis several times and the nymphs look a lot like the adults.
The Order Hemiptera is further subdivided into the sub-orders Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Sternorrhyncha, and Coleorrhyncha. The last three sub-orders where once classified under one sub-order, Homoptera, until since they shared the same wing structure and position of their rostrum. Lantern bugs belong under the sub-order Homoptera.
Glow-worm
Species: Lampyris noctiluca
Common names: Glow-worm, ver luisant, glimworm
Glow-worms and fire-flies belong to a family of beetles called the Lampyridae. In Britain there are just two native species - the common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) and the lesser glow-worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus). The latter, however, is very rare and confined as a British species to a few small, elusive colonies in the southern counties of England. The glow-worm derives its name from the remarkable ability to emit light, a characteristic shared by all members of the Lampyridae, and from the larviform (or worm-like) appearance of the wingless female. The male is a more typical beetle, being fully winged and able to fly. The female is larger than the male, often nearly twice his size
Common names: Glow-worm, ver luisant, glimworm
Glow-worms and fire-flies belong to a family of beetles called the Lampyridae. In Britain there are just two native species - the common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) and the lesser glow-worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus). The latter, however, is very rare and confined as a British species to a few small, elusive colonies in the southern counties of England. The glow-worm derives its name from the remarkable ability to emit light, a characteristic shared by all members of the Lampyridae, and from the larviform (or worm-like) appearance of the wingless female. The male is a more typical beetle, being fully winged and able to fly. The female is larger than the male, often nearly twice his size
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