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adamcotton · by adamcotton » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:02 am

Welcome Eddie,

I assume you wanted to post a photo. Please note that the size must be under 800kb. See viewtopic.php?t=4 for information on how to post pictures.

Adam.

Eddie-Bug · by Eddie-Bug » Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:52 am

On our front door all day yesterday.

Believed to be meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-Cricket) female, about 20mm (double including antennae). But any thoughts please?

Small by world standards, but we don't have very large insects here.

Beautiful bright green green. Hope it made it's way back to camouflage overnight.

ExtraSuperNoise · by ExtraSuperNoise » Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:15 pm

livingplanet3 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:09 pm
ExtraSuperNoise wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:05 pm Is this bedbug? Should I be worried?
No, it's a weevil beetle, and they don't bite -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil

Thank you very much for your response.

I have one bite on my hand, so I was immediately frightened after my girlfriend found this bug on the floor. I spoke with a pest control company, and they also agreed that it is a weevil.

livingplanet3 · by livingplanet3 » Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:09 pm

ExtraSuperNoise wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:05 pm Is this bedbug? Should I be worried?

No, it's a weevil beetle, and they don't bite -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil

ExtraSuperNoise · by ExtraSuperNoise » Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:05 pm

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Is this bedbug? Should I be worried?

wollastoni · by wollastoni » Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:47 pm

Good for them !

wollastoni · by wollastoni » Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:45 pm

Have a look on Collector's Secret : https://www.collector-secret.com/insect ... -hawk-wasp

And I caught few of them in French Guiana, if you are interested.

alicearthropod · by alicearthropod » Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:52 am

Greetings. I hope you are well.

I'm looking for anybody interested in co-creating an insect/spider growing/breeding/selling business. I've been collecting for years now but recently I've decided to create my own business. If anyone is piqued by my venture please contact me. My email is alicebetweox@gmail com.

Kind regards,
Alice

tecsinnet · by tecsinnet » Mon Sep 16, 2024 7:45 am

Indeed found a second one now. I also ordered a gel containing imidacloprid. It seems they eat this and take it with them in their hiding place where they then die. There others are killed by eating the dead ones.

Borearctia · by Borearctia » Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:11 am

Latest news:
After 4 months in Sri Lanka and payment of a fine of 180,000 euros, the two Italians were authorised to leave the country. They are already back in Italy.

58chevy · by 58chevy » Sun Sep 15, 2024 8:13 pm

AggieEnto, here are some pix of some big Pepsis species. Not much data, but impressive size.
Top to bottom:
P toppini - wingspan 108mm, body length 59mm - Peru
P toppini - approx same dimensions
P stauderingi - 100mm ws

adamcotton · by adamcotton » Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:21 pm

FlamingDragon wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:13 pm So... a Beautiful Demoiselle.

Why do they give it a female name if this is a male?

In the insect world males of the same species tend to be more brightly coloured than females. Of course both sexes of the 'Beautiful Demoiselle' are given the same vernacular name, which in this case is female. It should also be noted that the other general name for the whole group of these delicate looking Odonata is 'Damsel Fly', suggesting that they are feminine regardless of the actual sex of the individual.

Adam.

livingplanet3 · by livingplanet3 » Sun Sep 15, 2024 4:12 pm

FlamingDragon wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:13 pm So... a Beautiful Demoiselle.

Why do they give it a female name if this is a male?

In North America, ladybird beetles (family Coccinellidae) are commonly called ladybugs, although technically, many of them are manbugs.

Cassidinae · by Cassidinae » Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:59 pm

It's unbelievable that nowadays some entomologists still don't know that there are total crooks and extortionists in Sri Lanka and that it's really impossible to catch insects there!

kevinkk · by kevinkk » Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:31 pm

adamcotton wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:49 am Paul was trying to say the name is antiopa, not anitopa.

Thank you. I see that I've read past that for years apparently. I'll try to try to pay more attention.

FlamingDragon · by FlamingDragon » Sun Sep 15, 2024 3:13 pm

So... a Beautiful Demoiselle.

Why do they give it a female name if this is a male?

Trehopr1 · by Trehopr1 » Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:36 pm

Ah-Ha, I see livingplanet3 has once again "beat me to the punch" on the "species" identification !

Well done livingplanet3 !

Trehopr1 · by Trehopr1 » Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:32 pm

Hello,

This is a species of broad-winged damselfly (family: Calopterygidae). It is a male based on the black wings and metallic body. Females, tho' similar in size and appearance lack this bold appearance.

I cannot offer a species name as I have no available literature on the insects of Britain (as I live in the US). We have a very similar species here in the Eastern US known as (Calopteryx maculata).

livingplanet3 · by livingplanet3 » Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:28 pm

A damselfly, the Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) -

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/spec ... emoiselle/

FlamingDragon · by FlamingDragon » Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:01 pm

Hi

Found this little guy on the pavement/sidewalk, so picked him and put him out of harms way. Must be something wrong with him as he let me do that and held onto my finger.

Anyone know what kind this is? As I said, Devon, UK.

Thanks!

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