lmao if you ever want to see a person’s true colors, passionately tell them about your love of bugs, and observe how they treat you during the conversation.
Tag: bugs
7/12/15
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Rutelini
Genus Pelidnota
Species punctata (Grapevine Beetle)Other Common Names Spotted June Beetle (June Bug), Spotted Pelidnota-Explanation of Names punctata – Latin for ‘marked with pricks or punctures’ (1)
Numbers 6 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size 17-27 mm
Identification Large,
golden-yellow scarab with peripheral spots on pronotum and elytra.
Apparently, southern (Carolinas) specimens have light brown legs,
northern (Ohio and Michigan) specimens have dark legs
Range TX-FL-ME-SD / adj. Can. (BG data)
Habitat Deciduous forests and adjacent areas
Season mostly: May-August (BG data)
Food Adults feed on grape (Vitis) foliage and fruit (2)
Larvae host on dead Acer, Celtis, Juglans, Malus, Platanus, Quercus, Ulmus spp.
Life Cycle Eggs
are laid on stumps and rotting logs. Larvae feed on decaying roots and
stumps of trees, pupate in adjacent soil. Adults emerge May-September
and come to lights.—- All information from BugGuide
Achrioptera fallax
Achrioptera fallax is a stick insect species found in Madagascar. The males are a bright electric blue (with greenish tints) and have two rows of reddish orange spines along the edges of the femur. There are also dark coloured spines going along the sides and underneath the thorax. Males are brachypterous (incapable of flight) and have small reduced wings. Females have a duller outlook. They are a light brown with red spines covering the entire thorax and the top of the head. The male grows up to 13 cm in length while the female is much bigger and can grow up to 18, 5 cm in length. Their diet in the wild is unknown but in captivity they mainly feed on bramble, raspberry, eucalyptus, and oak.
photo credits: thedancingrest, reptileforums
I found this mantis in the hiding in some flowers while I was watering them. I like to think that he lives there because he was there the next day as well.
Bug of the Day
Ok, this is one off the bucket list. Never had a Polyphemus moth at the light in my yard. Well, had a couple over the past 10 years but they always fluttered around and then took off before they settled down. Last night this beauty was sitting *on* the light when I went out to check it, and patiently posed on my finger for some glamour shots. SOOOOO AWESOME!
Tropical West African Lycaenidae. Plate from ‘Descriptions of New Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa‘ by H. H. Druce. Published 1910.
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Wikimedia.
if u kill a bug that’s cool, i kill bugs all the time, but if a person says, “hey, i am going to be upset if you kill that bug, please let me take it outside,” and u respond by killing the bug just to hurt and ridicule them, i’ve got some bad news for you
ur a fucking asshole
this is it. this is the most controversial post i’ve ever made on tumblr dot com. i’m getting actual hate for this. people are arguing with this.
literally all i said was “don’t be purposefully malicious to hurt another person’s feelings, because if you do, that person will think you’re an asshole.” this is some grade school shit right here. this is kindergarten. god, this is pre-school. if you’re purposefully mean to people? you’re an asshole. you’re the bad guy. i get that you think you’re edgy and interesting, but actually you’re the most boring person on the planet.
i fucking hate all of you. you think you’re intellectually superior because you’re rude, but actually, you’re just rude. congratulations on letting everyone know that you’re a rude annoying asshole. god. you’re all four years old. i literally feel like i’m explaining the concept of ‘bullying’ to a class of four year olds right now.
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