#heteropteryx dilatata

[snototter]

A Malayan jungle nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata) in the Citadelle de Besançon's Insectarium, France

by oceanebej2000

[theprinceofmycologia]

I went to the botanical gardens and found some cute critters...

Some frogs...

I think these are phantasmal poison frogs or Epipedobates tricolor, but I am not 100% sure.

Some koi fish...

And this majestic bug...

I think it's an Heteropteryx dilatata, but I am not sure...

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If anyone has a better idea of what some of these are, please let me know:)

[lonesomenecromancer]

guy and his big ass wife

[switchbackhyperloop]

Eggs of the Malaysian Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata), one of the largest insect eggs in the animal kingdom! They look like little clay pots ⚱️

[mellify]

Jungle nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata)

[briery]

Insect eggs from left to right: clusters of Atlas moth eggs; Saturniid moth eggs; Madagascan comet moth eggs; Extatosoma tiaratum eggs (Macleay’s Spectre Stick Insect); Heteropteryx dilatata eggs (Jungle Nymph Stick Insect).

[tacosdefresa]

Cosas de mi Infection AU de GDH pq puedo

-en este AU, Hara no suelta ataques de ira por recordar las retas de la abuela, sino melancolía, vergüenza y tristeza por imaginar que si ella estuviera viva, no estaría enojada, sino, decepcionada

-Hara NO mató a la abuela, el culpable fué un guanaco infectado, pero Hara siente culpa por no poder haberla protegido

-Hara SI pudo golpear a María en el entrenamiento, pero antes de la llegada de los guanacos infectados

-María fue infectada, pero curada (antes del siglo de Akiles)

-María sabe la cura para la infección, pero prefiere dejar a Hara (infectada) así cómo está, ya qué la infección entre animales e insectos y humanos es muy diferente (la infección en los humanos puede variar, dependiendo quién fué el portador primario)

-Flor del Desierto es un insecto palo,. específicamente un heteropteryx dilatata, ya que los mamíferos infectados son imposibles de domesticar, no son dóciles ni a temprana, ni a tarda edad, los insectos pueden domesticarse a temprana edad, ya qué estos pueden reconocer a su dueño/a si ya lo han visto más de 3 veces

-También, Flor del Desierto fue adoptado por Tesu, Hara y María desde que Hara y Tesu tenían 7 años

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A magnificent Malaysian jungle nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata) from The Caterpillar Lab.

[cive]

Anastasia, the jungle nymph. She had a little bit of a crappy molt so her wings are a little worse for wear, but she's surprisingly friendly for a jungle nymph and gets around easily despite her wings.

[lovingexotics]

Jungle Nymph Heteropteryx dilatata Source: Here

[terranlifeform]

[pwlanier]

Selection of four big jungle Nymphes (Heteropteryx dilatata) under Charles X glass dome.

Spectandum

[brella-boi]

Catching up with days!

Day 27:  P. moniliferus babuyanensis Weevil Day 28: Banana Eel Day 29:  Heteropteryx dilatata Stickbug

[snapsicle]

Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata) Female (left) vs. Male (right) 

[jaybug-jabbers]

I never posted on my Tumblr (just to Twitter) about this trip from last year, so I thought, why not post it here?

I was in Canada visiting relatives, and learned about the existence of The Victoria Bug Zoo. Obviously, I had to go.

The ‘zoo’ is geared mostly to kids, but it’s plenty informative and very adult-friendly as well. (Just don’t be surprised if you have to share the place with lots of human larvae.) Although from the ouside it seems to occupy a relatively small building space, it’s a surprisingly large collection, and there’s plenty of variety and awesome things to check out. I spent several hours there. I wanted to stay longer, but I was travelling with my family and they were getting bored and antsy for lunch. (haaa! … sorry)

There are a number of docents leading regular tours to the zoo, visiting the different exhibits and giving informational talks, as well as giving people the chance to pet and even hold the bugs themselves. In one of the photos above I’m holding a female Malaysian stick insect (Heteropteryx dilatata), a very hefty buggo! She was beautiful and had grabby little feet. :3

I also held a giant milipede– a giant African millipede, I believe– which was freaking incredible. All those dozens and dozens of soft little feet clinging to your arm at once and undulating in little waves made it feel like gentle rippling velcro. Eeeee I love milipedes so much. Gorgeous.

They had a number of tarantulas and I held one of those as well. I’ve kept tarantulas as pets when I was a kid but I didn’t hold ‘em back then. I was always nervous about the urticating hairs. Bites, eh, not that big a deal, but dang, fiberglass-hair made me wary. Anyway, point is, first time I held a tarantula. I was surprised– it feels like they have little cat feet! All that weight placed on such a teeny tiny padded surface area, distributed perfectly and silently.

The centerpiece of the Victoria Bug Zoo’s collection is an incredibly impressive leaf-cutter ant colony. A large number of plexiglass chambers are mounted onto the wall, and huge lengths of clear pipe run along the ceiling and across the room. Holy crap you guys. I could spend hours staring at all the parts to this colony. (well, I kinda did heh heh) In the photo up there– I had to borrow that particular one from TripAdvisor because I was only snapping pictures with my cellphone and they were largely crap– it doesn’t even show the entire thing, and doesn’t really do it justice. It was so much fun.

In that same photo, the small terrarium the kid is pressed up against? That has hissing cockroaches. If you look at the fourth photo in this collection, that’s the one. They had the terrarium decorated with dollhouse stuff for the cockroaches to stamp around in and feel like Very Big Bugs. I admit I found it very cute.

I also got a photo of a freshly molted Giant Brazilian cockroach! (that is why he is shock-white) He finished molting while we were there.

Other photos– the spiders here are a Martinique Pink Toe Tarantula and, of course, a Black Widow. After that is a White-spotted assassin bug. They had some really cool beetles, too, and other stuff I’m forgetting now!

I essentially had to be dragged away from there. XD But seriously, def. worth checking out if you’re ever in Victoria BC. So funnnnn. And the docents did a great job. Seriously, hats off to them.

This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on April 8, 2017.

[pangur-and-grim]

me + my housemate were discussing what our fursonas would be, and with my entire heart/soul i INSTANTLY thought Heteropteryx dilatata