
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THESE?
When Richard Muirhead and I were boys in Hong Kong, these insects were known as 'bloodsuckers'. I have always thought that they were juvenile praying mantids, but the fact that these two are mating would seem to refute that theory and indicate that they are not juvenile anything! C'mon guys, what are they?


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In November Sahar Dimus, our guide on four CFZ Sumatra expeditions, died of liver failure leaving a widow Lucy and four Children. On the 2nd November, Dezyama D. Sangma, wife of our friend and colleague Dipu Marak, our collaborator on the 2010 Indian expedition died, leaving her grieving husband and two small children.


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These look like tiger beetles, specifically the Black Flightless tiger beetle Tricondyla pulchripes. Further examples can be seen here:
http://insectahk.com/coleoptera/tricondyla_pulchripes.html
and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66943918@N07/6465305467/
Those are tiger beetles, the Black Flightless tiger beetles to be precise. They won't suck blood as such but since tiger beetles have big, robust jaws they would certainly bite if handled.
Good examples can be seen here:
http://insectahk.com/coleoptera/tricondyla_pulchripes.html
and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66943918@N07/6465305467/lightbox/
Male and female arboreal tiger beetles. Genus Tricondyla.
These insects are specially bred for Chinese insect pornography films.
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