AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

[Lisbeth]

Videos OK, but without text, please

Better leave the AW books only with contributions from our members IMO.

The last posts will soon be removed.

[Flutterby]

Dindingwe, great picture of the Turquoise Longhorn Beetle...but there's nothing turquoise about it!!

[Dindingwe]

I agree, but they say the whitish patches are sometimes greenish and the legs can sometimes have greenish reflections as well. I suppose that's why it has got this name

[Flutterby]

Aha!

[Richprins]

Klippies!

[Lisbeth]

Thank you so much Klipspringer

It makes quite a web The name fits perfectly

[Klipspringer]

Lisbeth


I have an update for this post.

viewtopic.php?p=215985#p215985


Here is another photo where you can see the uppder side of the hopper.

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Kruger National Park

and I am pretty sure that this is a Schulthessiella sp.

Common name: Twospur Bushhopper

There are six species in the genus, all endemic to the eastern parts of southern Africa:
Schulthessiella difficilis
Schulthessiella forficata
Schulthessiella longicornis
Schulthessiella minuta
Schulthessiella odzaniae
Schulthessiella sellata

Links: Biodiversity Expolorer

[Klipspringer]

And this one is a sister species

viewtopic.php?p=245181#p245181


make it a Lophothericles sp.

Link: http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/or ... ricles.htm

[Lisbeth]

Thank you

It still looks like a funny leaf to me

Added and corrected as well as I could. There are too many kinds of "families" etc., I get lost

[Flutterby]

Great pics!