Insectorium Thread.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

camouflage, you're doing it right!

But it's all in vein.

[Calilasseia]

Ok, one at a time ...

[1] That camouflaged insect might be a Mealy Bug of some sort. Sadly, outside my remit to identify to species level.

[2] That blue damselfly looks like a Coenagrion species, or an Enallagma species. However, given that this is an American insect, the best I can do at short notice is point you to the Odontata Central website covering North American dragonflies and damselflies, and let you browse at leisure through the images of members of the Family Coenagrionidae. The US fauna has lots of these. Although there's only one Coenagrion species listed in the US fauna, the list of Enallagma species runs to a whopping 26 species (here in the UK we only have the one). You'll need to check distribution maps and fine details of the markings on the thorax, along with facial markings, for a proper ID.

[3] The cicada is beyond my remit I'm afraid.

[4] The spider is probably a member of the Salticidae, but there's 5,000 species of these worldwide to trawl through! The North American fauna probably has over 500 on its own, so identifying that is a job for an expert in the field.

[5] The big Theraphosid spider looks at first glance like Aphonopelma seemani, known colloquially as the Costa Rican Zebra. It's a medium sized species with a leg span of about 13 cm. It's a burrowing species.

[6] The black and white butterflies are White Tree Nymphs, Idea leuconoe, native to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

[7] The cockroaches are probably Blaberus giganteus from Brazil.

[8] The weird stick insect might be a male Heteropteryx dilatata. A female appears to be visible clinging to the underside of the wood in the photo. The female is enormous when fully grown, and has a mass of 65 grams.

[9] That larva looks as if it should be a Lycaenid of some sort, but which Lycaenid butterfly is anyone's guess at the moment. I'm going to have lots of fun tracking that one down!

STOP PRESS: It looks as if this is actually a moth larva - possibly Acraga coa, Family Dalceridae, from Mexico. Scientific American has more on this here.

[10] The butterfly is one of the Owl Butterflies from South America, Genus Caligo. To determine species identity, I'd need a look at the upperside, but the yellowish hindwing fringes lead me to suspect Caligo atreus or possibly even the blue and orange Caligo beltrao.

[11] That caterpillar is going to be a bit of a pain to identify. I know it's Malaysian, because the original photographer shot it there,and someone's commented on the Flickr photo and claims it's either Euthalia aconthea gurda or Euthalia monina monina. Here's another illustration of the larva of Euthalia aconthea (subspecies not given):



Here's the adult:

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Cool, and thanks!

[Blind groper]

As a keen scuba diver, I have no insect shots, but lots of underwater. I notice someone already posted a spider, which is arthropod but not insect. Here is a red rock lobster, also arthropod but not insect. A crustacean. Jasus edwarsii.



Am I cheating to post this?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We adhere strictly to the rules in all threads on the forum.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

We adhere strictly to the rules in all threads on the forum.

Yep. We haz sticky rulez!


...and we ALL know who's responsible for THAT!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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[Calilasseia]

With those hirsute legs, probably Notodontidae. Can't be more specific without a look at the wing pattern though, and even then, it might turn out to be a GDJ.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

With those hirsute legs, probably Notodontidae. Can't be more specific without a look at the wing pattern though, and even then, it might turn out to be a GDJ.

Venezuelan Poodle Moth.

[Calilasseia]

Compare with Cerura vinula, the Puss Moth from the UK fauna, particularly this image thereof:



Also, Furcula furcula, the Sallow Kitten, in particular this image thereof:



Also, from the Family Lymantriidae, we have Callitearia pudibunda, the Pale Tussock ... see this image in particular:



On this basis, that "poodle moth" is either Notodontidae or Lymantriidae.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Cool.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

[Calilasseia]

Nice female Morpho achilles tattoo.

[Pappa]

I'm going to be getting something like that on me soon.... a hawkmoth though.

[Calilasseia]

If you're looking for inspiration, look up Euchloron megaera. Here's an example image thereof: