#lanternfly

[samimarkart]

my last drop of the year is here! here’s what’s available:

𖦹 4 new shrimp mini acrylic charms

𖦹 spotted lanternfly and octopus enrichment shaker charms

𖦹 isopod phone charm restock including one new panda king isopod (and a springtail!)

𖦹 raccoon and bowerbird sticker restocks

this year has been a huge success thanks to all of you! when i was in middle a school, I looked up to SOOOO many different merch designer/convention artists but didn’t know how I could make that work. this spring i started designing stickers on a whim (thanks, brood x cicadas) and now I’m here! and I’m so thankful. i love you bug people and fish people.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

[onenicebugperday]

Bigsnout lanternfly, Zanna turrita, Fulgoridae

Photographed in Tanzania by chemp

*This is NOT the invasive spotted lanternfly, so please refrain from making comments about killing it. Thank you.

[herpsandbirds]

Lanternfly (Pyrops gunjii), family Fulgoridae, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

photograph by Nicky Bay

[crevicedwelling]

Penthicodes farinosus is a lovely lanternfly I saw in Sarawak, Malaysia. its specific name means “floury,” in reference to the white waxy bloom on its forewings and thorax. lanternflies never disappoint with their color schemes, and the individuals I saw contrasted egg yolk eyes with a deep teal bar on their wings.

what’s more, I got to see one of my favorite insect interactions later that night. most of you might have heard of ants eating honeydew from aphids, but all sap-drinking hemipterans excrete excess sugar, and many different animals will feed on it! in this case, a moth sat behind a Penthicodes, waiting to catch droplets of honeydew on its tongue.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Spotted lanternflies are taking over my life...

[celestial-games]

Give yourself one point if you recognize this bug :]

[bowelfly]

The Mystic

adding another wizard to my roster, this one based on Zanna nobilis

[tea-slur]

Keep an eye out for these Spotted Lanternfly patches and prints that will be up on my shop within the next couple weeks!

You can find my ko-fi shop here!

[talism4niac]

Hehe there's never a pest too big for me to handle!

[squishyfauna]

💚strange is also beautiful 💙

Little guy here is a Pryops whiteheadi - a type of lanternfly, which is also a kind of planthopper!

Patreon | Etsy

@onenicebugperday

[scandalous-dirtcup]

PUNK BUGS PUNK BUGS !!! They crump pest control

Angelo’s species (Orthodera Ministralis) is a reference to my own pet mantis Fronzoli (named after the new psychedelic prn crumpets album) who I love so much yay!

[samimarkart]

[onenicebugperday]

Lantern bug, Saiva bullata, Fulgoridae

Photographed in Thailand by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[herpsandbirds]

Spotted Lanternbug (Saiva cardinalis), family Fulgoridae, Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand

photograph by Alvin Francis Lok

[crevicedwelling]

colorful lanternflies are a staple in every tropical forest’s feast for the eyes; while I missed the fancier Fulgora and Phrictus in Costa Rica, I did see three (?) species of hook-nosed Enchophora.

another very large fulgorid came to lunch, Diareusa imitatrix. while well camouflaged with wings closed, as I tried to escort it out of the kitchen it flashed its striking hindwings spotted with white, and when flipped over revealed scarlet patches on the underside of the forewing:

lanternflies’ aposematic (warning) coloration isn’t a bluff, either: I briefly held one of the Enchophora between my lips while adjusting my camera for a photo and realized a while after I’d released it that the waxy coating on their bodies is horribly bitter!

[podartists]

The Great Lanthorn-Fly or Fire-Fly, Fulgora lanternaria [Pl. 37] | The Naturalist's Miscellany v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr