Coneheaded Grasshopper from China
Location: Guangzhou, China
December 12, 2011 1:33 am
Hello found this little guy sunbathing on my grill behind my house. I live in Guangzhou, China. Picture was taken just two weeks ago but Southern China never really gets much cooler than about 10 degrees C.
Signature: CTSH
Conehead
Dear CTSH,
Though you correctly identified a Conehead, you are mistaken that it is a grasshopper. Your Conehead is actually one of the Katydids. Grasshoppers are distinguished from most of the other Orthopterans by their relatively short antennae. Katydids and many other Orthopterans are classified together into the suborder Ensifera, the Longhorned Orthopterans.
¶ Posted 13 December 2011 § Katydids ‡ ° Possibly bagworm, from Zambia
Location: Kasanka National Park, Zambia
December 11, 2011 10:52 am
Hello,
This creature was photographed in Kasanka National Park, Zambia. It was crawling on the hood of a stationary car, possibly fell down from an overhanging bush. Date: May 10, 2011.
Any idea, at least to genus? I’d be grateful. Thanks.
Signature: Monika Forner
Bagworm
Dear Monika,
That is sure one crazy looking Bagworm with its grassy bag. Bagworms generally create their bags from the foliage of the plants they feed upon. If you are able to identify the plant species it is feeding upon, it will facilitate a species identification for the Bagworm.
Bagworm
A insect that spent the day on the screen enclosure
Location: Lithia, Florida
December 12, 2011 11:21 am
Hi Bugman,
Could you identify this insect that spent the day on my screen enclosure in Central Florida? Thank you!
Signature: Lorraine
Grizzled Mantis
Dear Lorraine,
The Grizzled Mantis is not an uncommon insect in Florida, but because of its excellent camouflage the Grizzled Mantis is easily overlooked, especially when it rests in its typical habitat, moss and lichen covered tree bark.
Grizzled Mantis
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another scary bug in my cottage in India
Location: Andhra Pradesh, India
December 11, 2011 10:19 am
Hi – thanks for identifying the Assassin Bug for me last month, and now I’ve found another, even more bizarre thing in my house. Any ideas, please?
Signature: Steve Sargent
Potter Wasp, we believe
Dear Steve,
WE are relatively certain, based on the body shape, which is described on BugGuide as: “First two abdominal segments forming a tapered petiole linking abdomen and thorax.” Potter Wasps are in the subfamily Eumeninae and your individual might be in the genus Eumenes. We found a match for body shape on the Krishna Mohan Photography website, and then we found what really resembles your species on the India Nature Watch website. Potter Wasps often build nests that resemble small ceramic pots.
Potter Wasp, we believe
Dear Daniel,
Many thanks for identifying my Potter Wasp – and so quickly! The photos which you pointed me to are amazing, and the information is very interesting indeed.
All the best,
Steve
Bug with hands
Location: Inner Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne Australia
December 10, 2011 6:56 am
Found my cat chasing this bug around my living room. Never seen anything remotely like it.
Signature: Perplexed
Mole Cricket
Dear Perplexed,
Your insect is a Mole Cricket. Mole Crickets are subterranean dwellers that use their front legs to dig tunnels underground. Mole Crickets are found in most temperate regions of the world.
Looked like a walkingstick with antlers!
Location: Marathon, Florida (Florida Keys)
December 8, 2011 1:45 pm
While in the sideyard in Mid-May, I spotted this strange creature on a wooden fence. I hurried for the camera and took two photos before it crawled away. I have never seen one like it before or since that day. My research has turned up nothing similar either.
Signature: Gail
Tropical Weevil
Hi Gail,
The last time we received an image of this Tropical Weevil, Brentus anchorago, the photograph was taken in Costa Rica. It is, according to BugGuide: “widespread in neotropics: Mexico, West Indies, South America. In North America, found only in southernmost Florida.”
¶ Posted 10 December 2011 § Weevils ‡ ° South African grasshopper
Location: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hillcrest/Pinetown
December 9, 2011 8:14 am
Hi
took these pics during a trip to KwaZulu-Natal in October 2006, in a park outside of Durban. Hordes of grasshoppers emerged from the ground – at several different locations but almost simultaneously – thousands of them. Managed to get some pics of them emerging and several shots of individuals. Found similar pictures on your site – toxic milkweed grasshopper?what fascinated me most was that they alla hatched at the same moment. Any info on their life cycles,what triggers etc?
Signature: Jo Cannon
Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper Nymphs
Hi Jo,
Congratulations on properly identifying your Toxic Milkweed Grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae using our site. Your photographs are stunning. We are running a bit late at the moment and cannot devote more time to this posting, but we will do additional research later. We also need to subcategorize the numerous postings of Toxic Milkweed Grasshoppers in an effort to clean up our archives.
Toxic Milkweed Grasshopper Nymph
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