known locale for this species.
On road cuts in oak forest, very small and fast. Female glossier than male.
Collected w Chris Hamilton, OL Chavez Torres, K Silvestre Bringas
Taken in ethanol/red wine-baited jug trap placed in a xeric dolomite prairie remnant.
Dug up by accident! The first photos are as-found, with the Sandalus larva curled around the Cicada nymph's legs.
Only one individual seen, flying low, apparently with elytra closed, suggesting a Euphoria sp. flower scarab. Prairie, sandhill habitat.
Individual emerged directly at my feet, popped out of the substrate. A few moments later, the empty pupal casing was dug up and being dragged away by ants.
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Very large red jaws, three white patches on each side of abdomen. Approx. 3-4cm. Feeding on nectar.
This big weevil (around 30mm long without rostrum) was found walking on stones on a river bank close to water falls. Shot with a mobile phone on my finger.
I cannot find any doc. to try to identify this species...
Trachyzulpha fruhstorferi (Leaf Katydids). Photographed in Kinabalu Park, Sabah, East Malaysia on 25 September 2011. Endemic subspecies borneo.
This beetle has a unique adaptation: the terminal segments of the antennae have evolved a scorpion-like sting!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-007-0316-1
Photo and observation by Kelly Keenan during the 2012 VNC Neill Point BioBlitz. Used with permission.