Diaphania hyalinata
This cute little moth was resting in our bathroom in Sao Paulo. It is not a very usual moth to find over there, and I never knew much about it until last night when I was cropping this picture and...
View ArticleGreen spots!
My brother took this picture in our kitchen in Sao Paulo. (It was my camera, so it’s ok for me to post :p). This is another one of those wood chopping longhorn beetles, whose exact species I am never...
View ArticleSo, what do we know about beetles?
I hate to post another insect that I don’t know much about, but I was looking through my pictures and couldn’t resist it. I do know that this little bastard was chewing on my tomato plants! I promise...
View ArticleVelvet Ant
Hymenoptera is the order of all of those ant, wasp, bee looking bugs, including the weirder ones like wood wasps and sawflies. Then, inside of this order there is the superfamily Vespoidea. Both ants...
View ArticleAscalapha odorata
In case you are wondering, that is not a mini hand. This moths’ wingspan was of about 18 cm (7 in). With butterflies and moths, it is pretty easy to tell if it is a male or a female. In this species,...
View ArticleNow we know!
My dear friend Enmos spent hours trying to find out the species of this longhorn beetle I posted this week. Here’s what he wrote: I’m pretty sure I got it down to the genus (the longhorn beetle with...
View ArticleSussuacanga octoguttata
Nature does seem a little frivolous every now and then. Sometimes it chooses to paint pink spots on a longhorn’s back. It is beautiful, but probably not frivolous. She always does it for a reason....
View ArticleFamily picture
Aren’t these babies cute? These are Fulgoroidea, or plant hoppers. When you’re walking on the grass, you can often see several of these jumping away at every step. They are very fun to play with....
View ArticleMystery assassin bug
I’d like it to be the case that this international bug of mystery with so many hits on his belt is keeping its identity secret for stealthiness purposes. But the fact it that I just don’t know what it...
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