Tag Archives: insects

Bichos Argentinos #10 – Friday Formicine

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

One of the insects I saw abundantly during my visit last month to La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was this species of black ant that looks well enough like one of our typical North American species. They were quite … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #9 – Membracido

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

This treehopper that I photographed at La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur strongly resembles our North American species of Campylenchia due to the brown elytra and lack of any yellow markings on the pronotal crest.  However, the rounded lower margin of the frons (more apparent in … Continue reading →

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The Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

It’s official – I am the new Managing Editor of The Pan-Pacific Entomologist (PPE).  Managing editor of a widely known entomology journal is a role that I have long thought I would like to do, and hopefully my five years as the journal’s … Continue reading →

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Agelia lordi (Walker)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

This pretty little beetle is Agelia lordi (Walker), a member of the jewel beetle family Buprestidae. I received this meticulously curated specimen – collected in Kenya – in a recent exchange with Stanislav Prepsl (Czech Republic). The species is found … Continue reading →

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Au Bon Marché

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

Earlier this week a colleague in my lab presented me with this delightful print featuring beetle imagery.  A mutual acquaintance had encountered it while going through some items that had been in storage for many years, thought of me, and … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #8 – “Mosca de la Carne”

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

Here is the full-sized photo from which the “super-crop” featured in Super Crop Challenge #4 was taken.  As many of you guessed, this is a higher fly (order Diptera, suborder Brachycera) in the family Sarcophagidae, with the photo crop showing frontal portion of … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #7 – Naupactus xanthographus

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

This weevil (family Curculionidae) was one of just a few beetle species that I encountered earlier this month in Buenos Aires, Argentina at La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur.  Weevils are, of course, one of the most taxonomically diverse and difficult groups of … Continue reading →

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Bichos Argentinos #5 – Cyrtocoris egeris

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ted C. MacRae

Despite its obvious membership in the order Hemiptera, I knew the insect featured in ID Challenge #7 would be a difficult subject to identify.  This bizarre bug is Cyrtocoris egeris, a member of the small pentatmoid family Cytocoridae (congratulations to HBG Dave, who was … Continue reading →

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