tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post6398273492873788194..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: Name the Bug # 30Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-28970091281106863602010-10-27T06:14:36.451+08:002010-10-27T06:14:36.451+08:00Simple mistake - the labels for the photos of Arix...Simple mistake - the labels for the photos of <i>Arixenia</i> and <i>Hemimerus</i> have gotten swapped over. The actual photo of <i>Arixenia</i> does look rather different from the one I've shown you but that can be put down to the difference between a live and a pinned specimen.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-23160136700827148922010-10-26T23:32:26.426+08:002010-10-26T23:32:26.426+08:00Awesome. Now I know what to look for in Javan cave...Awesome. Now I know what to look for in Javan caves, besides ricinuleid arachnids. I was so sure it wasn't an earwig too. In fact this morning I looked at a picture purporting to be Arixenia esau... which looked not *a bit* like this! http://tolweb.org/Dermaptera... Grrr.Reprobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650084661969561056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-36429994888114956672010-10-26T20:18:10.865+08:002010-10-26T20:18:10.865+08:00Actually I did know about them but dismissed them ...Actually I did know about them but dismissed them because all the images I had seen of them were of much stouter, heavier legged and more setose individuals. I guess the difference may be due to growth stage.Adam Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-4192037527606298212010-10-26T19:21:41.779+08:002010-10-26T19:21:41.779+08:00Adam has it!
I honestly didn't expect it to t...Adam has it!<br /><br />I honestly didn't expect it to take that long for someone to get it. Not because arixeniids are easily recognisable as earwigs, but because I thought someone was bound to know about them already.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-28580176418198351962010-10-26T18:16:22.188+08:002010-10-26T18:16:22.188+08:00I got it! Its an Arixeniid dermopteran, probably A...I got it! Its an Arixeniid dermopteran, probably Arexenia esau.Adam Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-61067555929216816662010-10-26T17:56:47.883+08:002010-10-26T17:56:47.883+08:00Well I don't know of any cave phasmids so i...Well I don't know of any cave phasmids so i'm gonna row back and say it's some kind of orthopteran. Blast if I know what sort though. A javan one. You win, Taylor. This time.Reprobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650084661969561056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-86718005662791572332010-10-26T16:35:18.509+08:002010-10-26T16:35:18.509+08:00Obviously harder than I expected :-D. I might make...Obviously harder than I expected :-D. I might make things easier by mentioning that this photo was taken in a Javan cave.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-60599814920722956842010-10-26T16:12:47.868+08:002010-10-26T16:12:47.868+08:00Hmm trickier than it looks. I don't think it&#...Hmm trickier than it looks. I don't think it's a stonefly - looks too robust and long-legged, and doesn't have that splayed look (I'm going on the jizz here...?). Basal neopteran, definitely not an earwig, orthopteran or dictyopteran... and not a grylloblattid either? Maybe some kind of primitive phasmid? I'm fresh out of ideas.Reprobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650084661969561056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-32057886590843377992010-10-26T14:24:36.387+08:002010-10-26T14:24:36.387+08:00I'm going to take a wild guess and say its a L...I'm going to take a wild guess and say its a Lake Tahoe Benthic Stonefly (Capnia lacustra). I've never seen a picture of one but apparently its one of the few wingless plecopterans. This bug does look kind of stonefly-like but without wings, so that's my shot in the dark.Adam Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-18709344174282970972010-10-26T14:01:33.458+08:002010-10-26T14:01:33.458+08:00The Watcher pointed out why it's not a cricket...The Watcher pointed out why it's not a cricket. Mind you, it's not a grylloblattid, either.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-42893520374111801712010-10-26T10:50:57.938+08:002010-10-26T10:50:57.938+08:00I'm pretty sure it's a Rockcrawler- someti...I'm pretty sure it's a Rockcrawler- sometimes called Icecrawler- family <i>Grylloblattidae</i>. It looks cricket-ish, but doesn't have a souped-up pair of rear legs. It's got the long-ish, banded abdomen, and you can see the cerci in the shot.<br /><br />But I'm struggling with the genus. I'm going to go with <i>Grylloblata</i>, only because the cerci look real short (though maybe that's just the aspect of the shot), and I'm pre-disposed to it, as it lives near me (though somewhat higher).Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-53242627373188292012010-10-26T09:55:01.161+08:002010-10-26T09:55:01.161+08:00The first thing that came to mind was Jerusalem cr...The first thing that came to mind was Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus), but on second look I know that's not right. <br /><br />~KaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com