insect of the day

healing the timeline with an insect a day

PP: Alberto Ghizzi Panizza

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Flower mantis

Scientific name: Creobroter sp.

Region: Genus range: South and Southeast Asia to China

Diet: Predatory on insects; nymphs take small flies

Photo: Adegsm / Getty Images

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An alien side shot of the Conehead Mantis!

The Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata)
Diet: insects and spiders
Region: Mediterranean Europe and North Africa
Credit: Maceo and Andrea Grammatico

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@Butterflyofday Awesome

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An incredible insect, such wings!!

Azalea Lace Bug (Stephanitis pyrioides)
Diet: sap from azalea leaves
Region: Oregon
Fun fact: It leaves silvery spots on leaves

Credit: thomasshahan

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@birdsoftoday Red-crowned crane! They’re so elegant

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Meet Coronigoniella 🍃

🥗 Eats: plants like Coleus & Vernonia
🗺️ Lives: Central & South America
🤓 Fun fact: Males have super complex, unique genitalia used to tell species apart

Credit: alexanderwild

https://t.co/vaS0nFZCsj

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@rihnlin I literally came across this chonk today

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@nvolpewild Jaw dropping

Every single time

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@nvolpewild Most insects are in the south , it’s extremely hot and humid all year round, and there are huge forests there

But even in the north like Beijing there are huge forests parks and the sound of cicadas is truly deafening

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@nvolpewild Oh and the sound these guys make at night is insane

Last year I was living in a different area and they had thousands of them

It was so loud you could hear them through walls

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@nvolpewild Hh yes he’s very chonky

I live next to the mountains and river in China, this one came hopping out the river as a man was cutting some grass

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@SandyHorne61 There are so many accounts that never give credit it’s unreal

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@elonmusk @wudijo I don’t playing… must … not…. Must resist

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Buprestis octoguttata — Eight-spotted Jewel Beetle

Size: ~11 mm

Diet: Larvae bore in dead/dying pine wood; adults active on sun-exposed trunks

Region: Europe to Siberia

Credit: John Hallmen

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@nikitabier If you run into any bugs , let me know

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@bryan_johnson I just realised that bar you’re using is … hexagonal

This is a sign

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@bryan_johnson Bryan, can I suggest that your merch use the hexagonal shape

Hexagons are part of turtle shells and symbolise longevity

Hexagons are the shape of hives which store honey which lasts for thousands of years

They’re also in many insects

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@sciencegirl Cat woman! Do one for insects there so many to do !

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@NTFabiano In China , everyone has afternoon naps, very common

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@Rainmaker1973 And those front legs are raptorial too