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Location: San Cristóbal, Táchira. Venezuela.
Unknown species 011 Gryllidae Insecta (16–18 cm aprox.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Gryllidae (Laicharting, 1781)
Subfamily: ?
Tribe: ?
Genus: ?
Species: ?
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus/species: Morpho peleides
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Among the largest butterflies in the world, wing span from five to eight inches. Wing tops are an iridescent blue,edged with black, caused not by a true color, such as the dye of blue jeans, but by the tiny, overlapping scales that cover their wings. Because of the precise angle of the ridges they form, the scales reflect blue light back to our eyes. The contrasting underside of the wing is brown with a confusion of eyespots that blend with surroundings and hide the morpho from predators. Females are less brilliantly colored.
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Tropics of Latin America from Mexico to Colombia. Feeds and sleeps on or near the forest floor, but when mating, they fly throughout forest layers.
DIET IN THE WILD: Caterpillars chew leaves but adults can't chew so they drinks juices of rotting plants and animals, tree sap, and wet mud, sipping all with its straw-like proboscis.
REPRODUCTION: Like most butterflies, males release pheromones to attract females. Fertilized eggs hatch in about 9 days. The caterpillar of M. peleides is red-brown with patches of bright green.
LONGEVITY: Total lifespan: egg to adult, about 4.5 months; adults (butterflies): about 1 month.
PREDATORS: Birds (jacamar and flycatcher) and large insects.
CONSERVATION: Not listed, but under some pressure as trophies for collectors and deforestation of tropical forests..
REMARKS: Different angles of view (and so different angles of reflecting ridges) produce variations in the shades of blue perceived.
Rainforest butterflies
California Academy Academy of Sciences Rainforest 2017
California Academy of Sciences Color of Life Exhibit 2015
Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/139904/details
WAZA
www.waza.org/en/zoo/choose-a-species/invertebrates/insect...
7-6-12, 7-17-13, 3-23-17
Linn Dean, Soutra, Scotland. NT470591
This beetle accidentally flew into a stream when I disturbed it. Since it was my fault it was in a fix the only decent thing to do was save its life...and take its photo of course ;)
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Elateridae
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Noctuidae, Nolinae, Nolini
Manoba brunellus
at mercury vapour light (moth trap)
Lam Tsuen Valley, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Ennominae
Corymica spatiosa (a male)
Lam Tsuen San Tsuen, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
Length: 3.5-4.5mm; Wing Length: ♂ 2.7-4mm, ♀ 2.7-4.3mm
Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfüßer)
Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfüßer)
Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)
Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)
Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923
Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mücken)
Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 (true flies, Echte Fliegen)
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Superfamily: Sciomyzoidea FÀLLEN, 1820
Family: Sepsidae WALKER, 1833 (ensign flies, Schwingfliegen)
Genus: Nemopoda ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830
Nemopoda nitidula FÀLLEN, 1820
[det. Paul Beuk, 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]
Some info:
www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Flies/SpFlies/Nemopo...
more info (German) www.naturspaziergang.de/Zweifluegler/Nemopoda_nitidula.htm
plant stinging nettle, Brennnessel
Germany, Berlin: Hasenheide (park), 30-50 m asl., 21.09.2013
IMG_3017
Photo taken on 8th August 2006 in Nave de Santo António - Serra da Estrela - PORTUGAL (not so far of the highest point of Continental PORTUGAL - 1998 m altitude. Nave de Santo António rises to 1550 m altitude.) a ortopter.
Fotografada a 8 de Agosto de 2006 na Nave de Santo António - Serra da Estrela - PORTUGAL (não muito longe do ponto mais alto de Portugal Continental - 1998 m de altitude. A Nave de Santo António encontra-se a uma altitude de 1550 m.) a ortóptero.
©2008 Canon EOS 40D
Localisation : 50°16'1.73"N 5°54'17.94"E
Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
Superphylum Panarthropoda
Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
Infraphylum Atelocerata
Superclass Panhexapoda
Epiclass Hexapoda
Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
Subclass Dicondylia
Infraclass Pterygota
Division Neoptera
Subdivision Endopterygota
Superorder Hymenopterida
Order Hymenoptera™ C. Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps
Suborder Apocrita
Series Aculeata
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Formicidae - ants
Subfamily Formicinae™
Genus Formica™ C. Linnaeus, 1758
Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850