HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:47:32 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding vary: accept, content-type last-modified: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:50:23 GMT etag: W/"c52d6c5fb3f81db539c595d41bc39719" link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" expires: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:47:32 GMT cache-control: max-age=3600 x-cache-status: MISS x-rocket-nginx-serving-static: MISS strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block x-content-type-options: nosniff x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN referrer-policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade content-security-policy: default-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data: blob:; content-encoding: gzip https://www.naturecloseups.com Troy Bartlett's Photography Blog: Focusing on Nature's Little Wonders Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/cockroach-mating-call/comment-page-1#comment-1124898 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:50:23 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=815#comment-1124898 This is definitely a Blattid of some sort, Cacoblatta is a Blaberid. Additionally, judging by the pair of styli in between the cerci and the flattened depressions in the hind legs, this is actually a male, in the subfamily Polyzosteriinae. Gotta be Eurycotis if this was in Costa Rica.

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/mystery-beetles/comment-page-1#comment-1124381 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:43:01 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=668#comment-1124381 Lycid-mimicking Ptilodactylid (antennae = no doubt which family)

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/leaf-beetles-and-damaged-leaves/comment-page-1#comment-1124380 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:40:45 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=602#comment-1124380 These are dwarfy Jewel beetles, tribe Tracheini.

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/snout-beetle/comment-page-1#comment-1124379 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:21:21 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=861#comment-1124379 This is Cactophagus ornatus, a Bromeliad weevil, in full pattern. A variety with broken pattern seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/39726199644

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/black-and-yellow-leafhopper/comment-page-1#comment-1124228 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:34:56 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=757#comment-1124228 Platygonia spatulata.

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/tree-sharpening-caterpillars/comment-page-1#comment-1120222 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:53:35 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=1585#comment-1120222 I am so happy I stumbled across your site. I, too, am a “Citizen Scientist”. For several years I have been photographing an insect that collects ant body parts. I call her “The Ant Collector”.
She tosses ant heads,legs,thoraxes,and wings onto her back which is like velcro. Every ant part stays in place. In my photos the heads sparkle like jewels.She doesn’t mind being studied and photographed. I have handled her balanced on the tip of my finger and placed her on a magnifying glass.
She needs to be identified. Can you help me?

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/scale-insects-2/comment-page-1#comment-1116838 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:38:14 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=1338#comment-1116838 soliciting honeydew from that same small scale

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/reddish-tortoise-beetles/comment-page-1#comment-1115925 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:49:31 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=576#comment-1115925 Họ trông giống như họ đang mặc đôi giày hề

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/attractive-beetle/comment-page-1#comment-1115764 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:01:22 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=781#comment-1115764 Should be Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Arescini, Cheilobasis bicolor.
https://hasbrouck.asu.edu/neotrop/entomology/taxa/index.php?taxon=73791

Did you get my comment on Mystery Beetle, Callirhipidae??

Cheers
Dominik

]]> https://www.naturecloseups.com/posts/mystery-beetles/comment-page-1#comment-1114842 Wed, 17 May 2017 18:48:26 +0000 https://www.naturecloseups.com/?p=668#comment-1114842 I think it looks like being Simianides laportei a synonym of Callirhiphis laportei, a Calliriphidae.
https://www.gbif.org/species/6988703
https://www.coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginas/3ac_familias/callirhipidae/1sp/Simianides-laportei.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31595561@N05/8759867304
https://www.bookofinsect.com/determination/simianides-laportei-778.html

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