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Post by Khalid Fadil on Dec 2, 2011 7:24:29 GMT -8
Please good people of Insectnet. I require all of you to help me with something. Interesting day at work today... One of the employees found this little guy on one of the digital pianos and said it is a walking stick. I corrected him by saying that this is actually a species of beetle and now there's a serious argument at hand. He may be older than me... He may have more experience than me... He was born in Taman Negara Kuala Tahan after all, and also worked as a tour guide for most of his life. He even once took a team of National Geographic researchers into the jungle for a documentary for two months. Bugs were probably all around him all through his life. He denies my every statement with the above facts. I'd like to clear things up for once as he has made a complete fool of me at work. He laughs at me and says I don't know the difference between walking sticks and beetles. He may be all of the above, but treating me as such is going too far. I may be only 18 years old, but I believe I know the difference between a walking stick and a beetle. Please good folks. I would like you to prove this guy otherwise. including your achievements in the field of insects will help very much indeed. 5 of my friends on FaceBook have already given their statements, so please join in. I'll be putting all of this on paper as presentation. Please and thank you! ;D ;D ;D Attachments:
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Post by rayrard on Dec 2, 2011 9:20:23 GMT -8
I'm by no means an expert but it struck me as a longhorn beetle (the head, tarsi, and elytral tips)
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Post by lucanidae25 on Dec 2, 2011 13:09:55 GMT -8
I think this is a Tetraglenes sp and it belongs to the Cerambycidae. I've found this small sp in Asia sitting on small vine mimicing the vine and they like a sunny position during the day.
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Post by vwman on Dec 2, 2011 13:51:26 GMT -8
Even for someone who is not that well versed in walking sticks I can tell that's a beetle just from the tarsi, elytra, and segmentation of the antenna. Especially the tarsi. They're a dead give away.
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Post by prillbug2 on Dec 2, 2011 14:54:06 GMT -8
Family: Cerambycidae. Tribe: Agapanthiinae. Genus Tetraglenes. species. hirticornis Fabricius. Jeff Prill
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Post by Khalid Fadil on Dec 2, 2011 16:58:18 GMT -8
Guys, its actually Atennohyllias rondoni. Thanks for the support, though! ;D
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