This whole documentary on treehoppers is pretty good, but the most interesting part (besides the ants, which make a few appearances) is this dude who uses a record needle to make tapes of the sounds that treehoppers make. You get a good look at his set up. (What's up with the tinfoil?)
#bugs #truebugs #treehoppers #sounds #bugsounds #insects #documentary
Link is to the relevant part of the video:
https://youtu.be/LMTyQ4pnMFw?list=TLPQMTcwNTIwMjZBwHIxWiGNug&t=1781
A Jewel Bug, aka Lychee Shield Bug
Stunning on a natural red background (bracts of a pointsettia plant )
And although literally no one asked, here's some pics of the wild bedbugs…
(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.)
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Spotted in a tree while walking through the neighborhood: wheel bug (𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) 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
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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
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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 ].
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A beautifully textured visitor to the lilac. This is a Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina). It is enjoying the sunshine, as they do.
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