InfiniteNow Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 What is its location Racoon?I'd say it's located on a tree. :hihi: Is there something like a Rhino beetle or rhino moth? :umno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 What is its location Racoon? ??Thats why I asked?? Insect evolution is fascinating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallenrm Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito. It is a mosquito that can host the dengue fever, Chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. Presently it is engaged in creating an havoc in the hospitals in the metropolitan cities of India. It suddenly appears almost every year and no scientist has so far been able to eradicate the prevalence of this insect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito. It is a mosquito that can host the dengue fever, Chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. Presently it is engaged in creating an havoc in the hospitals in the metropolitan cities of India. It suddenly appears almost every year and no scientist has so far been able to eradicate the prevalence of this insect. I suppose aedes egypti is amazing in the amount of harm its capable of delivering :Alien: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Beetles really rule the world. :shrug: Some beetles are bad :cocktail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeetleBeetles are the most diverse group of insects. Their order, Coleoptera (meaning "sheathed wing"), has more described species in it than in any other order in the animal kingdom. Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new species are regularly discovered. Estimates put the total number of species, described and undescribed, at between 5 and 8 million. This is why when J. B. S. Haldane, a Scottish geneticist, was asked what his studies of nature revealed about God, he replied, "An inordinate fondness for beetles". http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0502.htm :cup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 What is its location Racoon? Thailand. :) and here is a nice bug site somebody created about the Insects of Thailand, with some very nice pictures. http://www.thaibugs.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Bioluminescence! :eek_big: Pyrophorus noctilucus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) This is the largest (4cm, 1¾") bioluminescent insect and it has been reported as having the greatest surface brightness, 45 millilamberts (or 1/40 of a candle). The light emitted from the 2 spots on the thorax is actually bright enough to read by (if you hold the beetle close to the lines that you are reading that is). The beetles are common in forested areas of Belize and can be seen flying around just after dusk. The sight of several beetles winding through the trees is quite spectacular. The flight season is from April through June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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