Central Catchment Nature Reserve Archives - Singapore Geographic

Darkling Beetle – Strongylium sp

vids — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:46:17 +0000

Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. It is one of the largest genera in the family and its subfamily Stenochiinae, with more than 1,400 known species which occur widely in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World. More than 300 species are native to the neotropics. Wikipedia

Location: Central Catchment Nature Reserve – Jan 2022

Thanks, Harald Schillhammer Coleoptera for the ID

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Longhorn Beetle – Epepeotes luscus

vids — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:19:55 +0000

Epepeotes luscus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is known from Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Nicobar and Solomon Islands, Laos, Thailand, India, and Vietnam. It feeds on Mangifera indica. Wikipedia

Location: Central Catchment Nature Reserve – Jan 2022

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Treehopper – Telingana sp

vids — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:05:08 +0000

Telingana is a genus of membracid tree hoppers found in Asia. They lay solitary eggs and the young do not aggregate as in some membracids.

Location: Central Catchment Nature Reserve – Feb 2022

Thanks, Les Day Entomology for the ID

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Longhorn Beetle – Dymascus porosus

vids — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:46:33 +0000

Dymascus porosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Dymascus. It was described by Pascoe in 1865.

Location: Central Catchment Nature Reserve – Jan 2022

Thanks, Θάνος Τάδε Coleoptera for the ID.

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