CategoriesInsects Singapore Aedes albopictus – Unpleasant, yes, but we need to talk about Wolbachia! Posted onJuly 14, 2021August 25, 2026 A Tiger mosquito (compare the white marks on the back with A. aegypti) in action. Mosquitos are known as the … Continue ReadingAedes albopictus – Unpleasant, yes, but we need to talk about Wolbachia!
CategoriesIndonesia Insects Aularches miliaris – dilemma around the coffee-foam-ghost Posted onJuly 4, 2021July 4, 2021 This beautiful locust was found in Indonesia and it is quite a bird of paradise. The appearance is absolutely gorgeous. … Continue ReadingAularches miliaris – dilemma around the coffee-foam-ghost
CategoriesBeetles Insects Singapore Laccoptera nepalensis – Bates and a beetle with a sweet (potato) tooth Posted onJuly 3, 2021August 27, 2026 This crumpled-looking bug is a real beetle mimicking a ladybug. From all the types of mimicry I would say this … Continue ReadingLaccoptera nepalensis – Bates and a beetle with a sweet (potato) tooth
CategoriesBees & Ants Insects Singapore Amegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata – how many blue banded bees can there possibly bee? Posted onJuly 2, 2021August 27, 2026 Einstein and bees, or rather McGregor, is a hot topic, maybe you want to read this blog. For our bee … Continue ReadingAmegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata – how many blue banded bees can there possibly bee?
CategoriesInsects Singapore Ctenolepisma longicaudatum – Opinion 2427 and paper based papers Posted onJune 22, 2021June 22, 2021 These insects belong to the order Zygentoma, what should be found on the last page of a dictionary (the last … Continue ReadingCtenolepisma longicaudatum – Opinion 2427 and paper based papers
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Papilio polytes – Onkel Dittmeyer Posted onJune 16, 2021August 27, 2026 Written by Christine One morning, sipping my coffee, my eye fell on something sitting on my homegrown little orange tree. … Continue ReadingPapilio polytes – Onkel Dittmeyer
CategoriesBeetles Insects Singapore Neocollyris celebensis – Pretty black-sheep Posted onMay 31, 2021August 27, 2026 This was my first tiger beetle in Singapore! And what a beauty, blueish-green metallic from top to bottom, and with … Continue ReadingNeocollyris celebensis – Pretty black-sheep
CategoriesInsects Taiwan Pyrops watanabei – Taiwanese local with German, Italian, Surinamese and British influence Posted onMay 29, 2021May 30, 2021 Watanabe’s Lanternfly is a relative to the cicadas, which is endemic to Taiwan, which means it can only be found … Continue ReadingPyrops watanabei – Taiwanese local with German, Italian, Surinamese and British influence
CategoriesGermany Insects Tabanus sudeticus – really mean landings! Posted onMay 26, 2021May 30, 2021 Not as beautiful as other horseflies, e.g. Chrysops relictus, but much larger, really scary, is T. sudenticus. Happily, it was … Continue ReadingTabanus sudeticus – really mean landings!
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Saptha beryllitis – micro metal! Posted onMay 10, 2021August 27, 2026 Have you ever done 20000 of something? The guy who described this species of moth, Edward Meyrick, has. He is, … Continue ReadingSaptha beryllitis – micro metal!
