And although literally no one asked, here's some pics of the wild bedbugsβ¦
(They're securely contained in a vial with a tight-fitting lid. The graph paper is a label recording the species, location, and date they were collected. I can put isopropyl alcohol in to kill and preserve them at this point, but I need to buy more.)
#insects #bugs #TrueBugs #bedbugs #Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Cimicidae
Spotted in a tree while walking through the neighborhood: wheel bug (ππ³πͺππΆπ΄ π€π³πͺπ΄π΅π’π΅πΆπ΄) eggs!
#NewSpecies!
New true bug from #vietnam just came in:
Varisphaerius hoaiae
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6C023-FF8B-2C02-FC6A-9DAAE5C6FDD4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.994.2911
#ejtaxonomy #VarisphaeriusHoaiae
#FAIRdata
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#NewSpecies!
New true bug from #vietnam just came in:
Ishiharanus dinhanus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6C023-FF9C-2C68-FC61-9DFCE5C6F834
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.994.2911
#ejtaxonomy #IshiharanusDinhanus
#FAIRdata
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A Cicada, Purana ubina, spotted at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore on 1 Jan 2025. Maybe one of the less common local cicadas; I was attracted by the song it made (of course), which was different from the usual cicada song I hear.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256984928 ].
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #Cicadas #Cicadoidea
A beautifully textured visitor to the lilac. This is a Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina). It is enjoying the sunshine, as they do.
A Water Strider, genus Limnometra, spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 22 Dec 2024. Commonly found in water bodies in forests, their swift motions don't make it easy to get shots.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255849611 ].
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #WaterStriders #Gerridae
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