Singapore Insect Archives - Singapore Geographic

Ricaniid Planthopper Nymph

vids — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:42:54 +0000

Ricaniidae is a family of planthopper insects, containing over 400 species worldwide. The highest diversity is in tropical Africa and Asia and in Australia, with a few species occurring in the Palearctic and Neotropical realms. It is one of the smaller families in the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea. Wikipedia

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park – June 2021

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Leaf Insect Nymph – Phyllium sp

vids — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:23:21 +0000

The Leaf Insect is also known as the “Walking Leaf”, the size is about 2-3cm.
I was fortunate to have spotted this nymph leaf insect at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on my way back.

It’s walking quite fast and it’s quite amazing to see it.

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve – November 2023

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Ophionomima solocifemur

vids — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:10:23 +0000

Ophionomima solocifemur, A Member of Robber Flies.

Location: Thomson Nature Park – March 2023

Thanks Kam-Yung Soh (Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records) for the ID

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Earwig

vids — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:40:12 +0000

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Wikipedia

Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants.

The earwig gets its skin-crawling name from long-standing myths claiming the insect can climb inside a person’s ear and either live there or feed on their brain https://www.healthline.com/health/earwig-bite

Please help if you know the exact ID for this Earwig.

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Jan 2022

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Assassin bug – Velinus nigrigenu

vids — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:49:19 +0000

Velinus nigrigenu is an assassin bug in the family Reduviidae.

The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera. Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. Wikipedia

Location: Thomson Nature Park – June 2022

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Chrysocoris eques

vids — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:45:52 +0000

Chrysocoris eques is a species of shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae. Wikipedia

Thanks, Mok Youn Fai and Bennet Tan Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records for the ID

Location: Thomson Nature Park – April 2022

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Alcerocoris sp

vids — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:49:18 +0000

Hemiptera is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. Wikipedia

Location: Chesnut Nature Park, Feb 2022

Thanks, Marcus Ng Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records for the ID

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The assassin bug – Inara flavopicta Nymph

vids — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:54:10 +0000

The assassin bug (Reduviidae)Inara flavopicta, also known as the wasp-mimicking assassin bug.
The nymphs exhibit an interesting behaviour of piling ant corpses on their backs after feeding and are commonly known as ant-piling or ant-snatching nymphs
Please see this complete article here

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park and Thomson Nature Park

The Adult

Inara flavopicta

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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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Blue Shieldbug – Zicrona caerulea

vids — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:21:28 +0000

Zicrona caerulea, common name Blue Shieldbug, is a species of bugs of the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia

Location: Admiralty Park – December 2021

Thanks, Eehean Yap Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records for the ID

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