insect

new species of lizard

2011-08-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

new species of lizard in Indonesia

source : http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=420572208&postcount=1

caterpillar collection

2011-01-14T09:40:00.000-08:00

caterpillar collection

New Insect Pest Control

2011-01-14T09:00:00.000-08:00

New Insect Pest Control

From the first, biodiversity Indonesia became a magnet for foreign researchers. For example, Alfred Russel Wallace, a British youth, in 1854 left the country to explore biodiversity in the archipelago.Wallace expedition for eight years succeeded in collecting 110,000 collections of insects, shells 7500, 8050 birds and 410 mammals and reptiles.
From the expedition, Wallace managed to map the flora of western Asia, the flora of the eastern Pacific, and Autralia. Mapping the flora was later better known as Wallacea line. During exploring several islands in Indonesia, Wallace finds many theories of biology, especially evolutionary theory. One example, when animals die first inferior superior animals would survive. That's what Wallace bring about the emergence of new species as part of the process of evolution. The theory then makes a lot of Wallace's position aligns with the Charles Darwin, originator of the theory of evolution.
Dr Rosichon Ubaidillah MPhil, insect taxonomist from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Wallace describes not only interested in exploring the mysteries of biological diversity in Indonesia. Research on insect taxonomy, for example, is still much scientists do Britain, France, Holland, America, Japan, and Australia.
In fact, the World Bank through the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Japanese government through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to invest the research by giving grants to LIPI to develop the study of taxonomy in Indonesia. Grant is in the form Bogoriense Herbarium Building, museums, and microbiology laboratories and facilities.
In addition to physical assistance, other things more important, said Rosichon, foreign parties to help develop Indonesia's human resource skills in the field of taxonomy. Help is certainly very useful to remember this for the number oftaxonomists Indonesia is still small.

mongabay

2011-01-14T08:48:00.000-08:00

picture from : http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0528-hance_coextinctions.html

Plant parasite in Costa Rica

Insect in Suriname

Insect in Sumatra, Indonesia

Insects papua

2011-01-14T08:42:00.000-08:00

picture from : http://www.papua-insects.nl/

this time the insects from the Amazon rainforest

2011-01-13T03:15:00.000-08:00

The Amazon rainforest

strange beast above is the larva Anchistrotus

Bocydium round has a special attachment perched on his head. Some lights adorn thepronotum are hairy, they exist in each eye.

Size varies between species Treehoppers 2-25 millimeters, between the head of theneedle and nuts.

Ci-cons Cladonota benitezi female. Such Treehoppers characterized by largemorphological differences between male and female. This is called sexual dimorphism

Treehoppers this kind, has the pronotum which is characteristic, namely head clawslike that .. forms that are used to protect them from predators like birds.

called also little devil because the antenna is often also assumed to be horn. His name? Hemikyptha. This species is the true remnants of prehistory. There is on earthfor 40 million years.

Longest Insect: Giant Stick Insect

2011-01-13T02:59:00.000-08:00

Longest Insect: Giant Stick Insect

About 163 mm in length, and if counted when his legs all stretched, its length becomes295 cm. In some cases, the length can reach 20 inches. There are over 3,000 speciesof insects are found, and some of them have wings and can fly. Usually the femaleslarger than males. Including nocturnal insects.

Found Tarantula Mutant

2010-10-17T07:20:00.000-07:00

Wasp emerald: Insect beautiful ferine

2009-03-16T09:07:00.000-07:00

Did you ever see kecoa, the insects are downright revolting? This is the insects that make people who see it run terbirit-bottom because of fear. But in fact the animals will also be running terbirit-butt when meeting with one insect called Wasp emerald or emerald wasp Indonesian language. Tawon the skin is green-blue metallic exploit this, or more precisely in a compromising kecoa cycle reproduksinya. Without compassion emerald wasp inject poison that will make a zombie kecoa. Kelanjutannya want to know, so read on.

Wasp's scientific name is emerald Ampulex compressa. Bersepupu with animals that bees can be found in the southern part of Asia, Africa and the Pacific Kepulaun. This insect was used as a tool biokontrol to control pests in Hawaii kecoa by FX Williams in the year 1941. However, this method fails because emerald wasp more happy living in a limited area and hunt only during the kecoa marry.

The uniqueness of this wasp is located on the emerald female wasp behavior at the time of laying. Emerald wasp females utilize kecoa life that have been disabled as a wet nurse for his descendants. Emerald wasp females lay eggs that will explore kecoa potential wet nurse for her son. Video below shows how the female wasp emerald inject poison to the body kecoa. Directed to the first injection thoracic ganglion that will lead to the foot kecoa paralyzed for a while. This paralysis emerald wasp will make it easier to inject the second racunnya. Second injection easily directed to the head ganglia of the brain kecoa or, more precisely in the movement to escape reflex process. This second injection caused the kecoa zombie like, still alive but enslaved by the emerald wasp.

After a wet nurse for the candidates believe their children can not flee, emerald wasp kecoa lead to entry into the nest. Because emerald wasp size smaller than kecoa, how to lead kecoa also unique in the nest. Tawon lead emerald kecoa interesting one with the antenna kecoa. Perhaps if the man in the world, functioning as an antenna that rein used to lead horses or dogs.

Until after the new house that became the grave for kecoa, emerald wasp eggs then enter a 2 mm round into the abdomen or stomach kecoa. Pending the eggs hatch, wasp insert emerald pebble-gravel in the nest to kecoa to impound and to prevent entry of predators in the nest. 3 days later the eggs turned into flyblow. During the 4 to 5 days flyblow eat while body kecoa find a way to go to the alimentary tract kecoa. During 8 days, flyblow eat in organs (viscera) of the kecoa. Remain in the body kecoa, flyblow becomes persistent, and form a cocoon. 4 sunday after the change to worm, the pupa and then into adult emerald wasp.

vermiform

2009-01-13T06:11:00.000-08:00

wasp

2009-01-13T06:00:00.000-08:00

insects 2

2009-01-13T05:53:00.000-08:00

emmet

2009-01-13T05:49:00.000-08:00

kepik (indonesia)

2009-01-13T05:26:00.000-08:00

dragonfly

2009-01-13T05:23:00.000-08:00

insect-indonesian

2008-12-16T03:24:00.000-08:00

Insect-indonesian

Dragonfly Delight: Superb Macrophotography

2008-12-03T07:54:00.000-08:00

The sight of a dragonfly on the wing is one of the more remarkable that nature has to offer. Here, with the help of some astounding macrophotography, we take a look at the life cycle of the dragonfly as well as its remarkable and unusual physiology.

The gorgeous colors of a dragonfly - these majestic insects of the air have been a source of inspiration - and fear - to people for thousands of years. The order to which they belong is called Odonata. Many people regularly go ‘oding' just as others go birding or butterfly collecting. Their life is cycle as unusual as their looks are striking.

The wings may look fragile to the human eye but they are incredibly strong. They are incredibly fast, versatile and can maneuver in ways that we can only imagine. The control that they have is such that they can seem to change direction in an instant.

The female Emperor Dragonfly lays her eggs, which is known as ovispositioning. The Emperor mates in the trees. Their nymph form - as with every other species of dragonfly - breathes in the water using gills - unusually positioned in their rectum! They can even increase their underwater speed by shooting water through their anus and giving themselves massive propulsion as a result.

insect

2008-11-19T22:24:00.000-08:00

spider

2008-11-19T22:15:00.000-08:00

fly

2008-11-19T22:13:00.001-08:00

mosquito

2008-11-19T22:10:00.000-08:00

termite

2008-11-19T22:06:00.000-08:00

bee

2008-11-19T21:59:00.000-08:00

grasshopper

2008-11-19T10:21:00.000-08:00

butterfly

2008-11-19T10:18:00.000-08:00