Label data:
W. Malaysia, Pahang, Benom/
Mts:.:3,53N, 102,01E, 15 km E /
Kampong Dong, 300-1000m,/
24.iii.-15.iv.1998, Pacholátko
Aradacanthia / multicalcarata/
A. Costa /
det. E. Heiss 2009
Kobe
Aphrophoridae (True Spittlebugs)
Philagra albinotata?
Similar to these:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190671938
And
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165648275
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8onOS0RuUX/?igsh=c2llNnM4ajRhc3N2
Tiny Insects eggs found on tree trunk.
Look like Pokémon ball with a belt
Like yingyang symbol too
Eggs are brown with a white band and white donut shape
All white eggs seem hatched but I can't find the crack open lid marking.
Brown Eggs are not viable it seem. Went back next day but the other brown eggs have not hatched.
This tree trunk can find
Flatoidinae, Derbidae, Tenebrionidae, moth, Pentatomidae (stink bugs) eggs. Not sure these eggs belong to which of the insect group.
Found near Flatoidinae nymph:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206706065
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5n-zowRFv7/?igsh=MTY1aWpkdGpsYjA0Zg==
Thanks Roger Kendrick
probably Lasiocampidae
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Genus Pinnaspis
Thanks bnormark for ID
The white things are the male scales. They are secreted by the 2nd instar male. The short ones aren't complete yet and still have 2nd-instar males under them. The longer ones are complete, and could house 2nd instars, or pre-pupae, or -- as you say -- pupae, or adult males, or they could be empty, the adult male having left long ago. Male scales persist much longer than the insects that made them, so most male scales are empty.
The round orange things are probably lichens.
The long brown things are the adult female scales. Since they are transparent you can see the adult female herself towards the anterior end and the waxy remnants of her eggs towards the posterior end.
Yes, the small red-orange specks are the first-instar nymphs. Note that you can see the first-instar nymphal exuviae (specks like these) at the anterior end of all the male and female scales.
First time learning on this family and first time spotting it. Such a tiny one!!
Smaller than the fly that was photographed together with it.
Saldidae (Shore bugs)
Very fast to take flight when approaching it. Can only do zoom hp shots
Saldidae, also known as shore bugs, are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are oval-shaped and measure 2–8 mm when mature. Typically they are found near shorelines or the marginal growths near water. They can flee by leaping or taking flight.
https://m.singapore.biodiversity.online/taxon/A-Arth-Hexa-Hemi-Hete-Lept-Saldidae
Miridae (plant bugs)
Arthriticus eugeniae
Thanks Wongun for ID
It has knob like legs. Like muscles
Red and Black body, legs. Head and long thin antenna is Black
Thought it was a different colour Mosquito Tea bug at first or a strange spider.
It resembles the Reduviidae
(assassin bug) Vesbius.
Subadult link:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141699811
Specimen (female Ripiphorid beetle laying eggs, pupae and many tiny white eggs) are found on a leaf, with a cockroach nymph.
Thanks Doug Yanega for ID
Female Ripiphorid beetle laying eggs
"Pretty certainly subfamily Ripidiinae, meaning the host is probably some arboreal forest roach".
"The larvae are internal parasites".
"The evidence that these begin laying eggs immediately after eclosing from the pupal stage makes me very suspicious that they could be parthenogenetic, reproducing without males."
Melvyn Yeo sent me this link. The specimen I saw are similar to his in the comments. The original post from 2018 show another type :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/38603112572/permalink/10156959721782573/?mibextid=Nif5oz
Singapore have Ripiphorid:
https://m.singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Coleoptera-000695
The Italian ripiphorid paper, can see the laviform female (adult) appearance, look similar to this specimen: http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/49_1/49_1_247.pdf
17 May 2023 | Singapore
Videos found here:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/TheEntomologyGroup/permalink/10159923575198393/?mibextid=Nif5oz
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsYAe5sRPMp/?igsh=dmN4bmlyZ3RveXBw
Appreciate advice on this.
Its black with orange lines, some lines on its face. Two small orange dots on the body, just after the line. Under sunlight, it look golden.
Could this be Brachyplatys? If yes, can it be ID further?
Note this is not Coptosoma.
It is not the usual Brachyplatys subaeneus either as this is bigger in size. The face features/patterns dont match too.
Apr 2023 | Singapore
Very small lygaeoid.
Pinkish with clear transparent wings.
Very cute, flew on me when im out in the sea. Probably flew to me from nearby island.
Thanks Yeshwanth HM
Meschia
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea (Seed Bugs and Allies)
Family: Meschiidae
Genus: Meschia
Oct 2022 | Singapore
Bipaliinae
Thanks Eehean for ID :)
Tingidae (lacebugs)
Aconchus urbanus
Found in the grass area, on a grass blade.
Host plant for this is grasses in genus Urochloa from data provided by Eehean. Not sure if the grass area which this specimen is found, is it in genus Urochloa
Predatory stink bugs
Asopinae
Genus: Eocanthecona
same individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116392861
Family: Issidae
Subfamily: Hemisphaeriinae
Tribe: Hemisphaeriini
Subtribe: Hemisphaeriina
Genus: Hemisphaerius
Blue with reddish orange
Found on the underside of a banana leaf
Tingidae found on jasmine plant
Adult, nymph and moult
Thanks Pizzamurderer
Corythauma
Look like football :)
Owlflies larva
Ascalaphinae
Found on a tree trunk
Small bug newly caught in spider web, after some struggle, manage to break free and escape.
Tingidae hunter (cf Stethoconus)?
Thanks Wongun
Family: Malcidae
Genus: Chauliops
Adult and nymph
Thanks Pizza murderer
Plant for this is Calopogonium mucunoides.
Family: Scutelleridae (Jewel Bug)
Tribe: Sphaerocorini
Genus: Hyperoncus
Found on Sea hibiscus tree leaf
Hdb walkway
Thanks Wongun
Hyperoncus cyaneosparsus
Tingidae
Found two. One with red eyes, one with black eyes
Plant shown as last few pics
Plant is Premna serratifolia
Psyllids
Quite a big size like a barklice size
Forked structure on one's head (probably a male) anyone with any ideas?
Scotomedes cf. ater subsp. confrater, van Doesburg 2004
Literature
Van Doesburg, P. H., 2004: A taxonomic revision of the family Velocipedidae Bergroth, 1891. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden).(347): 5-110
Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5852085431/
Camouflaged very well on the lichens on a tree.
superfamily: Pentatomoidea Leach, 1815
family: Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 (shield bugs)
subfamily: Asopinae Spinola, 1850
genus: Cazira Amyot & Serville, 1843
Cazira chiroptera (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id917010/
Indonesia, W-Java: Cidahu, ca. 1150m asl., 24.04.2011; IMG_1211
I was waiting for a bus in a village near Bangalore when I saw something like a 2 headed Velvet Ant moving very fast on the ground. Took a closer look and realized it was very beautiful spider !!! The front pair of legs had beautiful velvet like tufts which it held out with pride while moving about.
Now the harsh reality set in. The bus i was waiting for would reach any minute. If i miss it, i would have to wait for at least 3 hours for the next one. With this in mind I quickly got my camera out and started photographing this fast little spider from every angle possible. Initially i thought it was a Salticidae. Eye arrangement which i observed in the zoomed in picture proved me wrong.
This spider was a nightmare to photograph. Continuously moving in an erratic manner and turning away from the direction of the camera. I was on the ground struggling for a satisfactory shot when an audience started gathering around me.
I had to take the Spider in my hand so that it wouldn't escape among the many pairs of legs all around me :-D
I had to answer all the curious questions from the watching audience while holding my breath, trying to get the focus right and frame well.
i had to make sure the spider didn't escape among the bushes in a split second while i was reviewing a shot. (Not answering them would be considered rude and I didn't want that).
After a few minutes of epic struggle with this beautiful creature the bus arrived. The spider was now safely among the grass and I clumsily boarded the bus with my tripod in one hand , camera in the other and a half open bag on my back :-D
The bus journey turned into a Q&A session. The interested students and local people taking a closer look at the pictures, asking all kinda questions, narrating their version of spider stories etc.
This is a high ISO shot, didn't have time to set up the lighting.... Not much info is available about this spider, its behavior, feeding and breeding habits.
Any info would be appreciated.
Spider on Steroids : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feXAaGfrrEg