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Suggestions of genus/species would be appreciated
At GPS: -4.391754577,-73.25824301
Elevation: 118.6074219m
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: UNDETERMINED
Species: UNDETERMINED
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Caradrinini, Athetiina
Athetis hongkongensis
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Size approx 6cm.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
(unranked): Panarthropoda
(unranked): Tactopoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Trictenotoma
Species: T. formosana
Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarab Beetle, Christmas Beetle Bush Blitz Fish River Station, Douglas Daly Research Farm, NT Photo: Robert Whyte CC BY NON COMMERCIAL
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae
Metopta rectifasciata
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po
Hong Kong
a visitor to the lights in the stairwell at home....
Scutelleridae
Reino : Animalia
Filo : Arthropoda
Classe : Insecta
Ordem : Hemiptera
Subordem : Heteroptera
SuperfamÃlia : Pentatomoidea
FamÃlia : Scutelleridae
SubfamÃlia :
Tribo:
Gênero : Augocoris
Espécie : sp.
Encontrado em Manilkara triflora (Massarandubeira)
Highway 175, East of Ciudad Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)
Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888
Order: Lepidoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (butterflies & moths, Schmetterlinge)
Subordeer: Glossata
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae LEACH, 1815 (gossamer-winged butterflies, Bläulinge)
Subfamily: Lycaeninae LEACH, 1815 (asian sapphires)
Tribus: Polyommatini SWAINSON, 1827 (weak blues)
Genus: Lampides HÃœBNER, 1819
Lampides boeticus LINNAEUS, 1767 (Long-tailed Blue, Großer Wanderbläuling)
Adults show "false-head-mimicry" as their hind-wings possess antenna-like tails:
complete with black and white annulated appearance. They also have a spot at the base of the tail and turn around upon landing to confuse potential predators from recognizing the true head orientation. This causes predators to approach from the true head end resulting in early visual detection [1].
Indonesia, Central-Sulawesi: Bada Valley, ca. 1000m asl., 13.5.2010
(IMG_9914)
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[1] Robbins, Robert K. 1981 The "False Head" Hypothesis: Predation and Wing Pattern Variation of Lycaenid Butterflies. American Naturalist, 118(5):770-775
(Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Dytiscidae). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dytiscus
You can see the whole creature here: www.flickr.com/photos/mercar/4725259252/in/photostream/ and here www.flickr.com/photos/mercar/4725251134/in/photostream/
Another dytiscus larvae eating a adult newt can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/mercar/5082796531/in/set-7215762420...
This one is quite small but Ive seen others exactly the same but larger it appeared to be hunting.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Hymenoptera
Suborder=Apocrita
Superfamily=Chrysidoidea
Family=Chrysididae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. machaon
Binomial name
Papilio machaon
Linnaeus, 1758
Introduction
Back in the 18th century when Linnaeus created the System Naturae, the word Papilio was used as the genus name for every known species of butterfly in the world. Since then much has been learnt about the relationships between different species. Consequently most have been reassigned to new genera, and only about 215 of the 17600 currently known species are retained in Papilio.
Papilio machaon is widespread and common throughout much of the northern hemisphere. It occurs over the whole of continental Europe, eastward across temperate Asia to Japan; in Africa north of the Sahara; and throughout much of North America. In Britain it is locally common on the Norfolk Broads, an area of fenland and lakes in eastern England.
Individuals originating from France occasionally migrate across the English Channel and have been periodically recorded in Hampshire, Dorset, Sussex and the Isle of Wight, but such sightings are very rare - perhaps one or two sightings per year. Genuine migrants can usually be recognised by their faded and worn appearance. Fresh looking insects seen anywhere apart from Norfolk can be attributed to escaped or deliberately released livestock - both the British subspecies brittanicus and the continental gorganus are commonly reared by hobbyists. ( it is illegal to capture or breed stock of British origin, but nevertheless a widespread practice ).
There are no similar species occurring in Britain. On the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia machaon shares it's habitat with Papilio hospiton, which is similarly marked but has much shorter tails on the hindwings. In Algeria the distribution of machaon overlaps that of the Saharan Swallowtail Papilio saharae, which is identical in appearance except for the antennae, which have 30 segments in saharae, and 33-36 segments in machaon.
Habitats
Throughout most of it's range the Swallowtail shows itself to be highly adaptable, utilising a wide variety of habitats including sub-arctic tundra in Canada, prairies, woodlands and arid canyons in the south of the USA; hay meadows, roadside verges, river banks and sub-alpine pastures in Europe; high montane habitats in the Atlas mountains of north Africa, and semi-cultivated habitats in the Mediterranean area.
It's adaptability extends also to it's choice of foodplants - in North America the caterpillars usually feed on Compositae ( Artimesia, Petasites ), while in Europe Rutaceae ( Ruta, Haplophyllum ) and Umbelliferae ( Foeniculum, Peucidanum etc ) are used instead. In Britain however the butterfly is restricted to a single foodplant - milk parsley, and breeds only at a very small number of wet fenland habitats in north-east Norfolk. Individual specimens have been tagged and found to fly over quite a large area, often reaching adjacent fens, but the butterflies do not stray beyond the general area of the broads.
Several centuries ago the species almost certainly occurred as a resident species over a much wider area of southern and eastern England, but later contracted it's range to the Great Fen - a vast area of wetlands covering Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Following the drainage of this area, and it's conversion to agriculture, the butterfly was forced to contract it's range even further - to the Norfolk Broads. In such isolation the genetic diversity would have diminished, causing the so-called "sub-species" machaon brittanicus to become far less adaptable, and to acquire minor differences in appearance from the ancestral stock.
In the last 100 years the average wingspan of Swallowtails, and the average width of the thorax, have reduced in size, an indicator of further genetic impoverishment, which is likely to result in further contraction and eventual extinction. Expansion of the gene pool can only be accomplished by the introduction of genetically richer livestock from Europe, a policy which hopefully will eventually be adopted by conservation groups.
Although the butterfly only breeds in the wet fenlands and broads of Norfolk, migrants from France are periodically observed at coastal sites in Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent. On 1st Sept 2003 for example I watched an immigrant Swallowtail flying across a main road at Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire. In most years less than half a dozen are recorded, usually in August or September. Individuals very occasionally penetrate further inland, and are reputed to sometimes breed on chalk grasslands, reportedly feeding as larvae on wild carrot Daucus carota, although I know of no recent records.
It is planned that by the end of the 21st century the Great Fens which formerly occupied much of eastern England will be partially restored, leading to a sizeable increase in suitable habitat. Whether such a project is feasible in the face of population expansion however remains to be seen.
Lifecycle
The butterfly is bivoltine on the continent, emerging in May and August, but in Britain the second brood is either partial or non-existent.
In the Norfolk fens where the butterflies emerge in late May, they lay their large brown globular eggs singly on the fine leaves of milk parsley Peucidanum palustre. The eggs are nearly always laid on the upper foliage of tall plants which project above the surrounding reedbeds. They hatch after about a week.
The young caterpillar is black, marked with a band of white. It looks remarkably like a small bird-dropping as it rests openly on the leaves. According to Thomas the camouflage is not effective against spiders, which may predate up to 65% of 1st instar larvae. When fully grown in July, the caterpillar is a most magnificent creature - bright green, marked with narrow black bands and orange spots. Behind it's head is an eversible fleshy pink forked structure called an osmaterium, which is raised if the larva is irritated. This structure emits pungent chemicals, capable of deterring ants, wasps, and flies, but does not deter birds - reed buntings, sedge warblers and bearded tits between them devouring at least 50% of mature larvae.
The chrysalis occurs in 2 colour forms, being either plain green, or light brown with a dark lateral stripe. It is attached vertically by a thin silken girdle and by the cremaster, usually low down on the stem of a reed, where it hibernates until the following May.
Adult behaviour
The butterfly has a characteristic powerful gliding flight, and is capable of covering large distances. In France and Spain for example I have often observed males indulging in "hill-topping", i.e. flying to congregate at the top of hills, where they compete for the attention of passing females. In Britain the butterfly breeds only on the flat terrain of Norfolk, and probably only covers short distances, although it can be seen crossing open expanses of water on the Broads.
On warm sunny days, male Swallowtails patrol back and forth along a regular route in search of females. Often both sexes home in on a particular clump of bushes where courtship and copulation take place. The pair often remain joined for 2 or 3 hours before the female departs to oviposit.
In the morning, and again in late afternoon both sexes can be seen flying freely about their habitat, pausing regularly to nectar at the pink flowers of angelica, knapweeds, marsh thistles, red campion, ragged robin and valerian. When nectaring they keep their wings constantly fluttering to prevent the weight of their bodies from dragging down on the fragile flowers. This fluttering behaviour is typical of all Papilioninae, wherever they occur in the world. In Norfolk the butterflies also often nectar at the spectacular bright yellow flowers of yellow iris.
In cool but sunny weather, or during periods of hazy sunshine, Swallowtails can sometimes be seen basking amongst dry grasses. During overcast weather they roost hanging from reed stems, and probably also amongst the foliage of sallow and alder bushes, and other fenland vegetation.
In the French Alps and the Pyrenees the butterflies commonly indulge in mud-puddling - siphoning mineral-rich moisture from damp mud and cattle dung, but I have not observed this behaviour in Britain.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea (walking sticks, phasmids and ghost insects)
Family: Heteropterygidae
Genus/species: Heteropteryx dilatata
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Heteropteryx dilatata are well camouflaged. The males are long and slender and are brown with beige in color (length up to 10 cm in, light and able to fly.). The adult females are bright green, very large and have a very wide body (length up to 15 cm). Wings are short and lay like a cap on the back of the insect. Both sexes have small spikes on their head and body, but the female has more of them.
DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia
DIET IN THE WILD: Blackberry, raspberry, rose and ivy leaves.
References
California Academy of Sciences Rainforest Level 4
EOL eol.org/pages/1077486/details
www.keepinginsects.com/stick-insect/species/jungle-nymph/
ADW: Heteropteryx dilatata:
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Heteropteryx_dilatata/classi...
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