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Went mothing last night so of course the highlight was not a moth but a MOLE CRICKET! How cool is this thing??? Look at those claws, those are digging claws! This was one of three that showed up at the moth light.
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Armoured Bush Cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis)
… AKA Armoured Ground katydid, Bradyporinae, a subfamily of the katydid family (Tettigoniidae). The species is native to parts of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Acanthoplus discoidalis is a wide-bodied, flightless species that typically grows to a body length of about 5 cm. The pronotum bears several sharp, conical spines. The mandibles, or main biting jaws, are powerful; they can inflict a painful nip and they permit the insect to feed on material such as tough herbage or carrion.
Another defense against predators is reflex bleeding (also called “autohaemorrhaging” in which the insects squirt haemolymph from pores in their exoskeleton, achieving a range of a few centimetres…
(read more: Wikipedia)
photographs: SoniaSoma and RudiBosbouer
Now that’s camo! On a recent hike north of Putnam, IL I found a large number of these pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). While similar to “normal” short horned grasshoppers in appearance, these adorable little critters are typically about 1cm or less. Most species have absent or greatly reduced wings, unlike their Acridid cousins, in favor of a robust ability to swim which aids in their abundance near bodies of water.
An entomologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a former employer of mine, recently discovered a new species of pygmy grasshopper in Miocene amber that has much more developed wing structure suggesting developed wings as the ancestral trait. I’m also quite fond of the fact that Dr. Sam Heads named the new species after David Attenborough, a hero among naturalists!
Greater Angle-wing Katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium), Houston, TX
When I came to work yesterday morning, this insect friend was waiting for us on the front of the house.
In much of the rest of the United States, where colder temperatures have set in, these tree dwelling katydids have disappeared, but here in the south, where we have milder temperatures, they still sing their lispy “dzt” and click calls on warmer nights.
photograph by Paxon Kale
Leaf Katydid (Phyllomimus sp., Pseudophyllinae, Tettigoniidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese grasshoppers, katydids and crickets on my Flickr site HERE…..
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Tooth-legged Grasshoppers (Phlaeoba antennata, Gomphocerinae, Acrididae) - nymph, adult male and female by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese grasshoppers, katydids and crickets on my Flickr site HERE…..
Grasshopper, Ommatolampis sp. by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums
Celithemis elisa / Calico Pennant
Here be dragons
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) resting in the prairie, Houston, TX
photographs by Paxon Kale
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Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia
JAN-2017
Lacewing (Italochrysa sp., Chrysopidae, Neuroptera) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu'er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese insects and spiders on my Flickr site HERE……
CebeciThe Spoon-winged Antlion, Nemoptera bipennis, family Nemopteridae - the “Spoonwings”, of the Neuroptera, found in Spain, Portugal and France.
photographs: Tino Garcia de la Cruz and Zeynel Cebeci
Amazing pic of a Green Lacewing by JR! He lives here in Texas, and loves bug-questing too. 😃 @farkasosky
Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera.
I wouldn’t usually post a picture of a lacewing, but it was a slow bug day and this is probably one of the clearer shots I’ve ever gotten of one of these tiny guys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopidae Teh Power Lines, 26 July 2017
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An old photo of two female Pseudocreobotra wahlbergiis I had many years ago. The female on the right was recently moulted, and it turn a more green colour later, but she was always a muddier green, almost a camo style.
Still one of my favourite species.
Spiny flower mantis, Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
