A Few Tiddely Poms

Mangina argus

Mangina argus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Taiwan, Hunan, from southern India to Kashmir, the Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus)

The wheel bug is in the family Reduviidae, which consists of assassin bugs.The species is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, reaching up to 38 mm in length in their adult stage. However, males are smaller in terms of their length and width when compared to females.  A characteristic structure is the wheel-shaped pronotal armor. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, Japanese beetles, the cabbage worm, orange dogs, tent caterpillars, and the Mexican bean beetle, all of which they pierce with their beak to inject salivary fluids that dissolve soft tissue. Wheel bugs are most active in daylight, though they may engage in predatory behaviors at night in areas illuminated by lights