Subject: A bug photo for you from Hội An
Geographic location of the bug: Hội An, Vitenam
Date: 07/10/2019
Time: 07:21 AM EDT
Ed. Note: Webmaster Daniel is currently on holiday in Vietnam and during a technical conversation with editor Daniel who was struggling as usual with technology, webmaster Daniel forwarded this image.
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Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the help today. Now when I am on my conference, I will be able to identify and post submissions. This is a molting Cockroach. When insects shed their hard exoskeleton, the new exoskeleton is soft and needs time to harden. Freshly molted insects are often white or pale in color.
The need to molt periodically goes along with having a hard exoskeleton. It’s a major structural fact, not only for insects, but for all the Ecdysozoa, a huge clade of the animal kingdom that comprises the arthropods, nematodes, water bears, velvet worms, priapulids, and a few other phyla. Ecdysis—molting—was a major innovation in the history of life, and I thought I’d give it a shout out.
Thanks so much for your informative comment
where can I find a big Roche