Lantern bug / lantern fly

Lantern bug / lantern fly is among my most favorite macro subjects. Whenever I find one, I  spend hours and hours photographing it, or just admire its spectacular beauty!

New catches from Maliau Basin. Managed to find only 2 new species to add to my collection.

Pyrops sultanus (ID credit: Jerome Constant). Maliau Basin, Sabah.
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Pyrops sultanus. Maliau Basin, Sabah.


Pyrops cultellatus (Walker, 1857) ID Credit: Jerome Constant. Mating! Lucky me. Maliau Basin, Sabah More Bugs Porn here.


Pyrops cultellatus  (Walker, 1857). Maliau Basin, Sabah.


Pyrops cultellatus yoshiakii Nagai & Porion, 2002. Selangor. ID credit: Jerome Constant.


Pyrops cultellatus yoshiakii Nagai & Porion, 2002. Selangor.


Trophobiosis between lantern bug and cockroach. The lantern bug are Pyrops cultellatus  yoshiakii Nagai & Porion, 2002. No ID for the roach yet. Selangor, Malaysia.


Pyrops pyrorhynchus. Negeri Sembilan.
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Pyrops pyrorhynchus. Negeri Sembilan.


Also Pyrops pyrorhynchus but covered in white powdery wax. From Endau Rompin


Pyrops pyrorhynchus. Endau Rompin


Pyrops pyrorhynchus. Perak.


Pyrops spinolae  Natural light. Kedah.


Pyrops spinolae. Kedah


Pyrops whiteheadi from Danum Valley. Sabah.  Reflector used.


Pyrops whiteheadi. Maliau Basin, Sabah.


Pyrops oculatus, Selangor.


Pyrops oculatus


This one has many parasitic files on it! Selangor.

Pyrops oculatus

Pyrops oculatus. A 100% crop from another picture:


Trophobiosis again. A Frilly Gecko (Hemidactylus craspedotus) enjoying free flow of honeydew from a few lantern bugs (Pyrops oculatus). Selangor.


Trophobiosis


Pyrops sidereus from Danum Valley. Sabah.


Pyrops transversolineatus. Flew into the canteen in Danum Valley Field Center and was captured by a research student and kept in a vial. My friend and I looked for this in the field the following couple of days but no luck.


Zanna nobilis nymph.  Full flash. Perak.


Zanna nobilis nymph


Adult of Zanna nobilis, Perak, Malaysia. Finally found one after slightly more than 3 years after I found a nymph!


Zanna nobilis


Zanna nobilis and a Polyrhachis sp. ant.


Zanna terminalis nymph, Selangor, Malaysia


A Zanna terminalis nymph molting. Selangor, Malaysia


A newly emerged Zanna terminalis adult, and three nymphs. Selangor, Malaysia.


Zanna terminalis adult. Selangor, Malaysia.


Trophobiosis. Marbled Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus) waiting beside a few lantern bug nymphs (Zanna terminalis), presumably waiting for their honeydew excretes. Night find, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Pyrops intricatus. Sarawak.


Pyrops intricatus. Sarawak.


Pyrops intricatus. Sarawak.


Pyrops heringi, Sabah, Malaysia. Heavily cropped.


Visited Sabah again (July 4 - 7, 2014) and was lucky enough to see this beauty again! Closer too! No more cropping!




A nymph of Samsama chersonesia Distant 1906 (ID credit: Jerome Constant). Selangor.


The adult of Samsama chersonesia Distant 1906. Selangor.


Other Fulgoridae I have come across:

Fulgoridae - Dichoptera sp. Selangor.



Dichoptera sp. Selangor.


Dichoptera sp.


Trophobiosis. Frilly Gecko (Hemidactylus craspedotus) enjoying free flow honeydew excrete from a Fulgorid (Dichoptera sp.). Selangor, Malaysia.




Trophobiosis. A skittish Four-clawed Gecko (Gehyra mutilata) enjoying honeydew excrete from a Fulgorid (Prolepta sp.). Selangor, Malaysia.

Fulgoridae: Penthicodes variegata. Selangor.


Penthicodes sp.


Fulgoridae: Polydictya sp, Sarawak.


Fulgoridae - Scamandra hecuba, Stal, 1863. ID credit: Jerome Constant. Selangor.


Scamandra hecuba, Stal, 1863. Selangor.


From Thailand:

Pyrops karenius




Prolepta sp. Full flash shot at night. Occur in Malaysia as well. This specimen is photographed in Selangor.


Prolepta sp. natural light shot. Krabi, Thailand.


5 new species added to my collection after my recent trip to a national park near Bangkok, Thailand.

Pyrops ducalis and a couple of friends :D

Fulgoridae - Pyrops ducalis, Alydidae - Riptortus pedestris and a masked assassin (Reduviidae - Reduvius sp.?)

Pyrops ducalis


Aphaena submaculata




Aphaena sp., close to A. discolor


Saiva gemmata




Trophobiosis between gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus and lanternfly (Fulgoridae), Saiva gemmata. Thailand


Pyrops candelaria



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