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Post by jayup98 on Sept 21, 2021 22:09:49 GMT -8
Hi there!
Anyone knows what this is?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 22, 2021 0:12:57 GMT -8
It's some sort of fly (Diptera), possibly family Tipulidae (Crane flies).
Adam.
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Post by africaone on Sept 22, 2021 4:42:43 GMT -8
I don'tt believe it is a diptera ... but what else ?
it has a look of cerambycidae
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 22, 2021 7:24:01 GMT -8
I may be wrong, as the antennae are rather long and do look similar to Cerambycidae, but to me the legs are relatively too long for that family.
It would be helpful to know where in the world the fish tank is.
Adam.
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Post by kevinkk on Sept 22, 2021 7:37:00 GMT -8
that's not a beetle, probably... it looks like a wasp to me. Besides your geographical locale, the number of wings it has makes a difference.
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Post by Paul K on Sept 22, 2021 7:46:50 GMT -8
I'm also voting for Cerambycidae beetle by the look of the head and antenna.
Some of the Cerambycidae have very long legs for example genus Gerania.
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Post by jayup98 on Sept 22, 2021 20:56:07 GMT -8
Thank you all for your answers. It's in Singapore, and it does look like a cerambycidae  |
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Post by bandrow on Sept 26, 2021 16:47:30 GMT -8
Greetings, Nothing catches my eye faster than the word "Cerambycidae"!! I've blown this image up and am convinced it is not a cerambycid, nor do I think it is any kind of beetle. It looks a lot like a small grasshopper, or other member of Orthoptera. However, the antennae seem to have 4 segments, which would put it somewhere in Heteroptera - the 'true bugs'. But that being said, there seem to be palps under the head, which true bugs wouldn't have. And the eye is round - which could be a character in either Heteroptera or Orthoptera. I'll dig some more and see if I can come up with a candidate, but no self-respecting long-horned beetle would fall into a fish tank... just kidding...  Cheers! Bandrow |
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Post by bandrow on Sept 26, 2021 17:12:00 GMT -8
Hi All, I may be on the track - this looks a lot like a species of Helopeltis in the true bug family Miridae. Common name is 'Coco mirid'. The character that jumped out at me is the vertical spine arising from the scutellum - in the original image, I mistook it for a leg showing from the backside, but in the images of the various species at the link below, that is characteristic of these bugs. coco miridsI'd be happy to hear some feedback on what others think about this - pretty cool insects that I had never seen before - but that's the wonderful thing about the insect world - just endless diversity!! Cheers! Bandrow |
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Post by jayup98 on Sept 27, 2021 7:56:00 GMT -8
Wow that's amazing! It definitely looks a lot more like a Helopeltis. I wasn't fully convinced about it being a Cerambycidae with its slender and flexed body.
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