Name the Bug # 17

Here's another one that's a preview for an upcoming post. Can anyone tell me what this is?



Attribution, as always, to follow.

Update: Identity now available here. Photo from here.
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8 comments:

  1. Psi Wavefunction9 July 2010 at 13:06

    A hornwort of sorts?

    Btw, welcome to FoS! =D

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  2. Reprobus9 July 2010 at 14:38

    Some sort of podostem..oid?

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  3. Psi Wavefunction9 July 2010 at 15:16

    Looks like you got it, Reprobus...
    http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/kcn2/r/Podostemaceae_G_sp_3800.html

    Upon realising it wasn't a hornwort and was likely some sort of dicot, I gave up...

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  4. Christopher Taylor9 July 2010 at 15:30

    That was quick (I was hoping for people to waste time looking up bryophytes). There'll be a Podostemaceae post some time next week.

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  5. Reprobus9 July 2010 at 20:53

    Christopher you gave it away in your previous post. We do read them y'know.
    Speaking of bugs (proper ones) - how about a piece on scale insects some day? Now that's a weird bunch of bizarre beasts...

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  6. Anonymous11 July 2010 at 06:07

    Dude, that broccoli has gone bad.

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  7. Christopher Taylor12 July 2010 at 17:03

    I've already covered scale insects. Twice.

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  8. Reprobus12 July 2010 at 21:35

    OK... We do read them. But maybe not ALL of them! Didn't know the males had lost the hindwings - I'll look more closely next time I get a chance.

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