#lantern fly

[nullv01d]

do your part and STOMP.

goopbug.gay 💫

#artists on tumblr #praying mantis #queer artists #lantern fly #pittsburgh #art tag

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A lantern fly in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.

Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

#john cannon #photographer #mongabay #lantern fly #insect #keo selma wildlife sanctuary #nature

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Royal Ontario Museum - Insect Exhibits 2

Good news, I managed to squeeze in one more insect visit to the Royal Ontario Museum before the end of the year! As such the living denizens of the natural history section will be showcased one more time before 2024 is upon us. Before that, I'd like to take a moment to share new pictures from the insect displays within the natural history section. Compared to the pictures from 2019, these are a quantum leap forward in terms of clarity and use of lighting. The Peanut Bug - Fulgora laternaria (Picture 1) has always been a favorite of mine, so I always take the opportunity to go and visit it and marvel at the ridiculousness of the size of that head protuberance. Though a bit oversized, such a head fixature has an important function: knocking it against a tree is its mating call. If the attention they draw is unwelcome, they can startle their voyeurs with the eyeball spots on its wings. These markings are more prominent in live specimens; this pinned specimen's colors have faded away over time. You can even compare the images from 2019 and you'll see a difference in color saturation. Otherwise, when this Hemipteran is at rest, it looks similar to a helmeted Cicada with more opaque wings. In terms of relations however, the Peanut Bug is more closely related to the Spotted Lanternfly of Asia, as they are both part of the family Fulgoridae.

I'm also particularly fond of the texture of the Shining Leaf Beetle's (Picture 3 - Chrysophora chrysochlora) ornate emerald shell, and the tropical colors of the Weevils on display. Especially the blue Eupholus specimens (Picture 9 - right side specimens). Finally, I also noticed a new section (to me) in the animal gallery featuring Butterflies of the tropics and I'm still amazed at how large they are. Many of these iridescent, vibrantly-colored specimens have wingspan sizes that can be as large as a hand! They are more appropriately known as Birdwing Butterflies and they are all giants compared to the Butterflies that grow in the temperate climate of Toronto! The specimens focused on here are the Green Goliath Birdwing (Ornithoptera goliath - Pictures 2, 5 and 6), the black-and-white female Priam's birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus - Picture 8), the male Palawan Birdwing (Trogonoptera trojana - Picture 10 top), Wallace's Golden Birdwing (Ornithoptera croesus - Picture 10 middle) and the female Paradise Birdwing (Ornithoptera paradisea - Picture 10 bottom), but there are many more in the background. To glimpse these in person is wonderful, but seeing them flying around in their tropical environments would be a magical experience!

Pictures were taken on December 19, 2023 with a Google Pixel 4. Please come and see the bugs if you can, both the living insect specimens and the many displays. Click on this link to view ROM - Insect Exhibits 1.

Since these insect collections belong to the ROM, I’ve marked them with the Mantis icon. As well, Happy first day of Winter (tomorrow)!

#jonny’s insect catalogue #insect #royal ontario museum #insect showcase #ROM insect #insect display #insect exhibit #pinned insects #lepidoptera #coleoptera #hemiptera #butterfly #birdwing butterfly #beetle #weevil #snout beetle #heteroptera #true bug #peanut bug #lanternfly #lantern fly #scarab beetle #toronto #december2023 #2023 #first day of winter #entomology #nature #invertebrates

[julianina58]

✩°｡ follow up to lantern sketches, looking promising

#artists on tumblr #artist #traditional art #texture #texture art #oil #oil paint #oil on panel #oil on cradled panel #lantern bug #lantern fly #bug art #bug painting #painting #painting wip #art wip #current wip #work in progress

[inkdragon42]

I love my school....

note the Lantern Fly pinned to the board.... plus the biblical reference XD

#random #funny #mood #lantern beetle #lantern fly #idk which it is #but this cracked me up

[snaildry]

A lantern fly to light your way and warm your nights☀️🌈❤️

#entomology #bugblr #bug art #lantern fly #artwork #bugs

[petribread]

Lycorma, aka the Lantern Fly. A bug native to China and despite looking like a moth, it's not one and is actually an invasive species in the US that I've been seeing a TON of. If you see one in the US KILL IT (or you could also report it).

#art #drawing #illustration #digital art #visual art #cringetober #cringetober 2023 #oc #original character #gijiinka #small artist #lycorma #lantern fly #lantern bug #invasive species

[delyth-thomas-art]

Smaugust 2022 - Rednosed Lantern Bug

This cutie loves to lap up sap and nector, using its long mouth and tongue.

#delyth thomas art #smaugust 2022 #smaugust #insect dragons #bug dragons #dragon #creature design #lanternfly #lantern fly

[mind-if-i-scream]

Y'all little kid me is crying I had to kill so many of those awful lantern bugs and I gotta grab them cuz they're on my plants at work. Like kid me didn't read Ranger Rick and watch Steve Irwin and have us get every tick borne illness not to care about the environment and this is stressing me out. Also I hate grabbing them cuz the feet feel like my nerve damage and I don't like. I saw some people online use a bottle for catching them and I think I'm gona carry one on me for now on.

#im so stressed #not birds #nature #lantern fly

[heirofnepeta]

the same creature to me

#lantern fly #smuppet #homestuck

[preventthetoast]

one of the weirdest experiences I've had is knowing about lantern flies before the current fiasco. I didn't learn about them before they arrived in the US, but I did know about them before search results where completely covered in spotted lanternfly death propaganda.

#biology #lantern fly #spotted lanternfly #invasive species #invasive species love

[sofflysteel]

Ok, human here, human who hears endless newscasts about our human superiority and ability to rid our area (wherever yours may be) of…the lantern fly! Scrape the babies off your trees, stomp every living one you see, don’t park under a tree and drive them from one place to another (yes my husband brought one into our bedroom last year after he took his shirt off when he got home from work!), etc etc.

Hey, those bugs live here now. Ok, I’ll try my best but I think we’ve lost that battle. I don’t want his burden on top of all the others. *crying*

#nature #nuisance #lantern fly #bugs

[evesevilart]

Lantern fly? I Hardly know her! (Rbs>likes, click for higher quality!!)

#my art #commissions open #gateau art #Bug #bug art #bugs #Bug art #insect #insects #beetle #spotted lanternflies #spotted lanternfly #lantern fly #lantern flies

[averaillisa]

#this was done super quick and its still messy BUT #I needed to draw smtg for zl flying that kite!!!! #let me tell you I gasped when he first appeared and gasped even louder when it was revealed he was flying a kite #and gasped even LOUDER when it was shown the kite is boo-tao themed!!! #he's so cuuuute 🥺 #genshin impact #zhongli #genshin zhongli #genshin xiao #genshin 4.4 #lantern rite #lantern rite 2024 #genshin spoilers #my art #gif #chibi

[julianina58]

🌌 suckling sap in the forest .*ೃ ⋆

#artists on tumblr #artist #oil pastel #oil pastel on paper #oil pastel on mixed media #mixed media #oil pastel art #big sketchbook #sketchbook page #sketchbook oil pastel #lantern bug #lantern fly #bug art #bug drawing #texture #texture art #quick sketch #quick scribble #traditional art #traditional artist

[lsttcs]

Lantern-Way to Die

Get gigantic

Punch Sucker

Suck up any liquid you see

Starch, goo, stock

Stock your inside

Be a mesmerizing giant

The size of a school

While all these people are seeing the sun

Night time, the moon

Tower in and out of shadow

And eat the tree right in through

The world’s concept

The world’s words

The world’s pictures

Eat it right in two

We’ll be left with unnamed

And smashing pretty things

And one giant monster pretty thing

Shredded tree falling from it’s lips

Squashing and arbor hunger

Dodging from shadows

Pretty

pesky as a world with a hole

Pretty untrained

Like call was “get your bug gear and go”

“Get your stingers and go”

What they needed

What should be

Giant

Baring

Giant

#spotted lanternfly #lanternfly #lantern fly #poem #poetry #njpoetry #nycpoetry