I’d like it to be the case that this international bug of mystery with so many hits on his belt is keeping its identity secret for stealthiness purposes.
But the fact it that I just don’t know what it is :D
You’d think that a bug with such striking features as this one would be pretty easy [...]
Aren’t these babies cute?
These are Fulgoroidea, or plant hoppers. When you’re walking on the grass, you can often see several of these jumping away at every step. They are very fun to play with.
They’re in the Hemiptera family, along with cicadas, aphids and true bugs. The characteristic that distinguishes them is that Y shaped vein [...]
Nature does seem a little frivolous every now and then. Sometimes it chooses to paint pink spots on a longhorn’s back.
It is beautiful, but probably not frivolous. She always does it for a reason.
Thanks again to Enmos for identifying it down to the species. You rock.
My dear friend Enmos spent hours trying to find out the species of this longhorn beetle I posted this week.
Here’s what he wrote:
I’m pretty sure I got it down to the genus (the longhorn beetle with the green/yellow stripes/spots)
It has got to be of the genus Ambonus! :D
Images of some species from this genus:
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