tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138326580036454572024-03-12T20:55:49.221-07:00Melvyn's PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313832658003645457.post-42767698731921136762015-01-07T09:08:00.000-08:002015-01-07T09:09:34.622-08:00First Shoot in 2015First shoot in 2015 with Nicky, Victor, David, Sagita, Andrew and Chris. Almost full house if Seawei could make it. Anyway, this trip was as usual, a 4 hours 100m shoot... we didn't get to venture deep enough as we like too. <br />
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#1 Moving retina of a Jumper<br />
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#2 A mixture of UV and flash shot. <br />
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#4 <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Ahaetulla Mycterizans</span></span> <br />
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#5 <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Closer view on it's eye</span></span> <br />
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#6 Back-lit <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Ahaetulla Mycterizans</span></span> <br />
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#12 Mass orgy of mating flies</div>
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#14 Ant mimic Sac spider<br />
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#15 Animation of a back-lit slug extending it's eye<br />
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#16 Back-lit slug <br />
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#17 Golden tortoise Beetle<br />
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#20 Wasp guarding bug eggs<br />
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#22 Backlit<br />
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#23 Daddy long leg spider with egg sac<br />
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#25 Cup moth caterpillar<br />
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#26 Whip spider<br />
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#27 Hammer head worm<br />
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Thanks for viewing!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313832658003645457.post-52929956358760781422014-12-29T03:43:00.000-08:002014-12-30T07:49:19.060-08:00Personal favorite for 2014Sharing some of my favorite for the year 2014. Not much new finds this year as i didn't get to travel much... all were taken in Singapore at night.<br />
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Many thanks to all my marco buddy for the companionship! Victor, Nicky, David, Chris, Andrew, James, Seawei, Sagita and many others. <br />
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#1 Net winged beetle larvae. One of the more interesting find this year courtesy of Chris Ang. A bunch of of net winged beetle larvae that glow under UV.
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#2 Cup moth caterpillar. Love the 2 tone color under UV and the red specks on the leaf. <br />
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#3 Asian forest scorpion nest<br />
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#4 Cup moth Caterpillar. <br />
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#5 <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Juvenile Argiope</span></span><br />
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#6 Beautiful Lace bug. <br />
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#7 A common planthopper, but i love how the back light worked on this guy.<br />
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#8 Harvestman. <br />
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#9 Mating Derbidae<br />
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#10 Spittlebug<br />
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#11 Juvenile leaf insect<br />
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#12 Midge<br />
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#13 Fibre optic planthopper nymph<br />
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#14 Cricket<br />
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#15 A common sighting but l like the shadows and lighting. Huntsman spider<br />
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#16 Planthopper<br />
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#17 Daddy long legs spider. <br />
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#18 Bag worm Moth<br />
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#19 Net wing beetle larva. Something very alien which i love.. <br />
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#20 Lynx Spider. Love the legs!<br />
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#21 Never get tired of shooting mama scorpion. Love how the mother's eyes peek through.<br />
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#22 Daddy long legs with babies under a leaf, throwing web trying to escape from me.<br />
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#23 Mother jumping spider with mini jumpers<br />
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#24 Wide-jawed Viciria jumping spider with eggs<br />
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#25 Freshly hatched stink bug<br />
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#26 Wolf spider<br />
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#27 Jumping spider with babies. Love how the babies seem to walk on a straight line with mummy supervising.<br />
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#28 Not exactly a family shot :) A pair of hatching lacewing larvae.<br />
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#29 Another jumper with babies shot.<br />
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#30 Centipede eating centipede<br />
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#31 Ribbon worm feeding on a cricket<br />
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#32 Hydrometridae Water measurer with prey<br />
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#33 Long-Legged Velvet Mite (Leptus sp.) eating spider egg sac<br />
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#34 Not exactly feeding. :) Braconidae probably Notiospathius sp. laying egg<br />
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#35 Wandering spider with prey<br />
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#36 Huntsman spider with prey<br />
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#37 Scorpion eating stink bug<br />
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#38 <span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">Thread legged assassin Gardena Melinarthrum eating jumping spider</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#39 Neanuridae eating Fungi?</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#40 Ant farming palm aphids?</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#41 Harvestman buddy scorpion meal</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#42 Trap jaw ant with harvestman prey</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#43 Ant milking Leafhopper nymph (Selenocephalinae) </span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#44 Wandering spider with cockoach prey</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#45 Scorpion eating earwig</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#46 Ribbon worm with snail prey</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#47 Tiger Beetle</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#48 Black tarantula</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#49 Harvestman</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#50 Earless agamid lizards (Aphaniotis fusca)</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#51 Pholcidae with spiderlings</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#52 Fungus weevil</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#53 Kiss me Snail</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#54 Dewy Lynx</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#55 Hyllus sp. jumping spider</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#56 Amblypygi Sarax sp.</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#57 Paralecanium expansum metallicum scale insect</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#58 Rhipiceridae </span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#59 Big-headed bark spider, Caerostris sp.</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#60 Epeus jumping spider</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#61 Curious Jumper</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#62 Planthopper nymph</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#63 </span>Net winged beetle larvae<br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#64 Planthopper Nymph</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#65 Boxer Mantis</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#66 Ladybird spider Paraplectana sp.</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#67 Stalk eye fly</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#68 Lacewing</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#69 Ribbon worm eating</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#70 </span>Bioluminescent fungi<br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#72 Argiope laying eggs</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#73 Ceratocanthidae</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#74 Leaf beetle</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#75 Spiny leaf beetle </span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#76 Stink bug</span><br />
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<span class="editable meta-field photo-desc ">#77 Signal Fly</span><br />
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A beautiful Dead leaf mantis eating what's left of a moth?. </div>
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Beautiful Wolf spider with purple and blue metallic sheen</div>
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A rare Trilobite Beetle </div>
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This group of flies contains some spectacular species including the stalk-eyed signal flies, belonging to the genus Achias. True to their name, the males have eyes on long stalks extending from either side of their heads.<br />
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Stalk-eyed signal flies occur mainly in New Guinea (with more than 90 recorded species) and in Queensland (with five recorded species). Male stalk-eyed signal flies spend much of their time in rainforests on shaded tree trunks which they use as courtship territory and avidly defend against rivals. When fighting face to face, rival males gauge their opponents' size and strength from their head width. Small males (which may have begun life as under-nourished or disadvantaged larvae) have very short or no eye-stalks. The clear difference in head-width allows the weaker fly to back off early and avoid possible injury.<br />
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Reduviidae (from the contained genus, Reduvius which comes from the Latin reduvia meaning hangnail or remnant) is a large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. <br />
<a name='more'></a>It includes assassin bugs , wheel bugs (Arilus cristatus), and thread-legged bugs. There are about 7000 species altogether, making it one of the largest families in the Hemiptera.<br />
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Adult insects often range from 4 to 40 mm. They most commonly have an elongated head with a distinct narrowed <i>neck</i>, long legs, and a prominent, segmented tube for feeding (rostrum). Most species are dark in color with hues of brown, black, red, or orange. The most distinctive feature of the family is that the tip of the rostrum fits into a groove in the prosternum, where it is rasped against ridges there (a stridulitrum) to produce sound, a tactic often used to intimidate predators. If harassment continues, they can use their rostrum to deliver a painful bite which in some species can be medically significant.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313832658003645457.post-4766169462377780002011-10-20T04:13:00.000-07:002011-10-20T04:14:50.370-07:00Harvestman, Opiliones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I7f6suVeL20/Tp__OeKh_NI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v8zP86VGEoY/s1600/crane_harvestman_by_melvynyeo-d3r899h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I7f6suVeL20/Tp__OeKh_NI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v8zP86VGEoY/s640/crane_harvestman_by_melvynyeo-d3r899h.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>Opiliones</b> (formerly <i>Phalangida</i>) are an order of arachnids commonly known as <b>harvestmen</b>. As of 2006, over 6,400 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the real number of extant species may exceed 10,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pinto_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#cite_note-pinto-0"></a></sup> <br />
<a name='more'></a>The order Opiliones can be divided into four suborders: Cyphophthalmi, Eupnoi, Dyspnoi and Laniatores. Well-preserved fossils have been found in the 400-million-year-old Rhynie cherts of Scotland, which look surprisingly modern, indicating that the basic structure of the harvestmen has not changed much since then. Phylogenetic position is disputed: their closest relatives may be the mites (Acari) or the Novogenuata (the Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones and Solifugae).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#cite_note-1"></a></sup><br />
Although they belong to the class of arachnids, harvestmen are not spiders, which are of the order Araneae rather than the order Opiliones.<br />
In some places, harvestmen are known by the name "<b>daddy longlegs</b>" or "<b>granddaddy longlegs</b>", but this name is also used for two other unrelated arthropods: the crane fly (Tipulidae) and the cellar spider (Pholcidae).<br />
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Insects in the Diptera family Asilidae are commonly called robber flies. The family Asilidae contains about 7,100 described species worldwide.<br />
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All robber flies have stout, spiny legs, a dense moustache of bristles on the face (mystax), and 3 simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression between their two large compound eyes. The mystax helps protect the head and face when the fly encounters prey bent on defense. The antennae are short, 3-segmented, sometimes with a bristle-like structure called an arista.<br />
The short, strong proboscis is used to stab and inject victims with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides; the fly then sucks the liquefied meal through the proboscis. Many species have long, tapering abdomens, sometimes with a sword-like ovipositor. Others are fat-bodied bumblebee mimics. Adult robber flies attack other flies, beetles, butterflies and moths, various bees, ants, dragon and damselflies, Ichneumon wasps, grasshoppers, and some spiders.<br />
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The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider#cite_note-1"></a></sup> making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider#cite_note-2"></a></sup> Jumping spiders have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. <br />
<a name='more'></a>They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, as they depend on both systems (bimodal breathing).<br />
Jumping spiders are generally diurnal, active hunters. Their well-developed internal hydraulic system extends their limbs by altering the pressure of body fluid (hemolymph) within them. This enables the spiders to jump without having large muscular legs like a grasshopper. Most jumping spiders can jump several times the length of their body. When a jumping spider is moving from place to place, and especially just before it jumps, it tethers a filament of silk (or <i>dragline</i>) to whatever it is standing on. Should it fall for one reason or another, it climbs back up the silk tether. <br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Octurnal. Hides in silk-lined spaces among leaf litter. When disturbed, the spider will adopt a threat posture by lifting its cephalothorax and spreading its jaws and first two pairs of legs.</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are hairy, robust spiders with heavy jaws projecting forward horizontally from the cephalothorax. The fangs point backwards, instead of facing each other like a pair of pincers as in most spiders. On the underside of the abdomen are two pairs of book-lungs, whose positions are marked by four pale patches. <br />
Most Theraphosids live on the ground, but some can be found in holes high in trees. Some Theraphosids are kept as pets in the United States, where they are known as "Tarantulas" or "Bird-Eating Spiders". <a href="http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Phlogiellus_inermis.htm">Source</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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Spiny orb-weavers is a common name for <i>Gasteracantha</i>, a genus of spiders. They are also commonly called Spiny-backed orb-weavers, due to the prominent spines on their abdomen. These spiders can reach sizes of up to 30mm in diameter (measured from spike to spike). Although their shell is shaped like a crab shell with spikes, it is not to be confused with a crab spider.<br />
<a name='more'></a>Females are 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in) long and 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) wide. The six abdominal spine-like projections on the abdomen are characteristic. The carapace, legs and underside are black with white spots under the abdomen. Variations occur in the colour of the upperside of the abdomen with black spots on white to yellow ground colour and red spines or yellow instead of white. Spines are sometimes black. Like in many other spiders, males are much smaller (2 to 3 mm long) and longer than wide. They are similar to the females in colour but have a gray abdomen with white spots and the spines are reduced to four or five stubby projections.<br />
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It lives in woodland edges and shrubby gardens.This species of spider does not live very long. In fact, the lifespan only lasts until reproduction, which usually takes place the spring following the winter when they hatched. Females die after producing an egg mass, and males die six days after a complete cycle of sperm induction to the female.<br />
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A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in), and herbivorous. <br />
<a name='more'></a>There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (<i>Stegobium paniceum</i>), which belongs to the family Anobiidae.<br />
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Because there are so many species and such diversity, the higher classification of weevils is in a state of flux. Weevils are generally divided into two major divisions, the Orthoceri or primitive weevils, and the Gonatoceri or true weevils (Curculionidae). E. C. Zimmerman proposed a third division, the Heteromorphi, for several intermediate forms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil#cite_note-0"></a></sup> Primitive weevils are distinguished by having straight antennae, while true weevils have elbowed (geniculate) antennae. The elbow occurs at the end of the scape (first antennal segment) in true weevils, and the scape is usually much longer than the other antennal segments. Some exceptions occur. Nanophyini are primitive weevils (with very long trochanters) but have long scapes and geniculate antennae. From the true weevils, Gonipterinae and <i>Ramphus</i> have short scapes and little or no elbow. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil">Source</a><br />
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<a name='more'></a>On their back they have a huge shield (prothorax), making it look even more like a dead leaf. This feature can be seen almost all species in the Deroplatys genus.<br />
Deroplatys desiccata is a pretty docile species of praying mantis. They can be easily ‘scared’ by large prey or the hand of their owner, making them run away franticly or display a death feigning behavior (play dead). During this display the mantis will lie motionless on the floor, legs folded or stretched out. They do not move even when you touch them. Sometimes they suddenly get up and start running away. When adult, Deroplatys desiccata can also display its wings when threatened. This is called a deimatic display, designed to scare off predators. The mantis shows its front wings that have a large black spot on them, and it shows the hind wings that have black and white stripes on them. When the wings are raised suddenly, these colors become visible and can scare away predators such as birds. During the deimatic display the mantis will also raise its forelegs to show a red area with bright black and white stripes (zebra pattern).<br />
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The genus Deinopis is the best known in this family. Spiders in this genus are also called ogre-faced spiders, due to the similarity between their appearance and that of the mythological creature, the ogre.<br />
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The brown huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria, is found in many tropical and subtropical parts of the world, including Asia, some Mascarene and Caribbean islands, the Southeastern US, and (especially) Australia. <br />
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The female brown huntsman can be recognized by her stout body and the pillow-like egg sac that she often carries under her. The male typically has a slender body, longer and thinner legs, and a distinctive pattern on his carapace. Both male and female are reddish-brown to grayish-brown in color, and slightly hairy.<br />
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Brown huntsman spiders do not spin webs. These spiders are known to hunt by waiting quietly on a vertical surface (or even a ceiling) and then rushing forward when their prey gets within close range. Their exceptional agility and speed, as well as their ability to contort and squeeze through tight spaces, give them a strong advantage both in capturing prey and evading predators. They feed at night. Brown huntsmen are welcomed in some homes, as they feed on pests such as roaches and silverfish. The brown huntsman spider is also known as the "laya" in some parts of the world.<br />
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</tbody></table>A pseudoscorpion, (also known as a <i>false scorpion</i> or <i>book scorpion</i>), is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpionida,<br />
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also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida.Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are small and inoffensive, and are rarely seen due to their size.<br />
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Pseudoscorpions are small arachnids with a flat, pear-shaped body and pincers that resemble those of scorpions. They usually range from 2 to 8 millimetres (0.08 to 0.31 in) in length.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Penn_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion#cite_note-Penn-0"></a></sup> The largest known species is <i>Garypus titanius</i> of Ascension Island at up to 12 mm. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion">Source</a> <br />
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Small and wingless, travel for pseudoscorpions from one food source to the next over long distances is no minor obstacle. Many species have managed to get around this hurdle by using insects, especially larger beetles, for transportation. Longhorn and scarab beetles unwittingly carry these tiny hitchhikers on their legs and underneath their wings without any ill effect.<br />
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</tbody></table> <b>Scorpions</b> are predatory arthropod animals of the order <b>Scorpiones</b> within the class Arachnida.<br />
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They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm (<i>Typhlochactas mitchelli</i>) to 21 cm (<i>Hadogenes troglodytes</i>).<br />
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Unlike the majority of arachnid species, scorpions are viviparous. The young are born one by one, and the brood is carried about on its mother's back until the young have undergone at least one molt. Before the first molt, scorplings cannot survive naturally without the mother, since they depend on her for protection and to regulate their moisture levels. Especially in species which display more advanced sociability (e.g. Pandinus spp.), the young/mother association can continue for an extended period of time. The size of the litter depends on the species and environmental factors, and can range from two to over a hundred scorplings. The average litter however, consists of around 8 scorplings.<br />
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</tbody></table>Scorpions are also known to glow when exposed to certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light such as that produced by a blacklight, due to the presence of fluorescent chemicals in the cuticle. One fluorescent component is now known to be beta-carboline. A hand-held UV lamp has long been a standard tool for nocturnal field surveys of these animals. Fluorescence occurs as a result of sclerotization and increases in intensity with each successive instar.<br />
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</tbody></table>The ‘trilobite larvae’ known occurring in the South East Asian rain forests are neotenic females of the beetle genus Duliticola (Coleoptera:Lycidae). Some can glow in the dark!<br />
<a name='more'></a>The appellation of "Trilobite Larva" has been in use for many years to designate the lavas of certain highly aberrant malacoderm beetles. These attain a length of one to several inches, with wide, greatly flattened body. The three thoracic segments are expanded laterally forming a sort of carapace and the abdominal segments bear long, curved projections. These gross characters give the larvae an almost comical, but nevertheless extraordinarily striking resemblance to certain long-extinct trilobites. The first reference to these larvae appears to be that of Perty made over a century ago, in 1831. His account relates to a form from Java which Westwood figured in his "Modern Classification of 1nsects" a few years later. With his usual taxonomic acumen, Westwood suspected that this larva belonged to some species of the family Lycidse. Since that time a number of additional species have been discovered in various parts of the Indomalayan region to which they they are apparently restricted. They seem to be best represented in Borneo where at least six distinct types have been discovered. These have been dealt with at length by Mjoberg in 19252 who gives an historical and descriptive account that need not be repeated here. Mjoberg was successful in rearing one Bornean species to maturity and found that the large lavas are females which are destined to undergo practically no external change on becoming adult. <a href="http://psyche.entclub.org/48/48-024.html">Source</a><br />
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As adults, huntsman spiders do not build webs, but hunt and forage for food.<br />
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Their diet consists primarily of insects and other invertebrates, and occasionally small skinks and geckos. They live in the crevices of tree bark, but will frequently wander into homes and vehicles. They are able to travel extremely fast, often using a springing jump while running, and walk on walls and even on ceilings. They also tend to exhibit a “cling” reflex if picked up, making them difficult to shake off and much more likely to bite. The females are fierce defenders of their egg sacs and young. They will generally make a threat display if provoked, but if the warning is ignored they may attack and bite.<br />
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Found a dead Whip Scorpion at Permai Rainforest Resort. First time seeing one! <br />
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Thelyphonida is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as vinegaroons (or vinegarroons). <br />
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Vinegarroons are carnivorous, nocturnal hunters feeding mostly on insects and millipedes, but sometimes on worms and slugs. The prey is crushed between special teeth on the inside of the trochanters (the second segment of the leg) of the front legs. They are valuable in controlling the population of roaches and crickets.<br />
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Males secrete a sperm sac, which is transferred to the female. Up to 35 eggs are laid in a burrow, within a mucous membrane that preserves moisture. Mothers stay with the eggs and do not eat. The white young that hatch from the eggs climb onto their mother's back and attach themselves there with special suckers. After the first molt they look like miniature vinegarroons, and leave the burrow; the mother dies soon after. The young grow slowly, going through three molts in about three years before reaching adulthood. They live for up to another four years.<br />
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Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda.They form a separate order of arachnids alongside the spiders, scorpions and others.<br />
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Amblypygids are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions (not to be confused with whip scorpions that belong to the Arachnid order Thelyphonida). The name "amblypygid" means "blunt rump", a reference to a lack of the telson ("tail") carried by related species. They are totally harmless to humans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Scorpion Tailed Spider body has various shades of brown but most commonly fawn, with a black tip on the end of the abdomen. </span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;">The abdomen is armed anteriorly with two horns and posteriorly with a peculiar star-shaped tip. It tries to mimic a dry twig by folding its legs and drawing them close to the body. The female has long tail that can be curled over the body, making it look a bit like a scorpion. </span><span style="font-size: small;">When alarmed, the posterior end of the abdomen is curled upwards, scorpion-style. The male is smaller and has no tail, and may be found on the edge of the web. Female is about 10-15mm and male 3mm. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The web is a widely-spaced orb with a missing sector, usually slung in a horizontal or inclined plane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Arachnura.htm">Source 1</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnura_higginsi">Source 2</a></span><br />
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The araneid spider <i>Pasilobus</i> sp. builds its web at night close to bushes and small trees.<br />
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The more-or-less horizontal web has a triangular frame that is divided into halves by a midline thread running from the apical angle to bisect the base. From the midline thread hang 4–11 pairs of widely spaced spanning threads; these are the only adhesive elements in the web. The spanning threads are viscid for only part of their length and are strongly attached to the web <i>only</i> at their junction with the midline thread. The outer end of each spanning thread forms an easily ruptured, low-shear joint with the lateral frame thread of the web. When a flying insect strikes a spanning thread, the low-shear joint breaks and the thread drops below the web, leaving the insect tethered to the midline. The insect may continue to fly, on the tether, or may spin down to motionlessness. The spider rushes to the midline thread end of the tether, hauls up the spanning thread and then bites the insect. Experimental investigations of the low-shear joints and the adhesiveness and elasticity of the spanning thread are described and the results analysed. The web-building behaviour of <i>Palilobus</i> differs in several ways from that of most araneids and is described and compared with that of <i>Gasteracantha</i> and other species. The possible evolutionary origins of the <i>Pasilobus</i> web are outlined. <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1975.tb00272.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+8+Oct+from+10-14+BST+for+monthly+maintenance">Source</a> <a href="http://www.terrarium.com.pl/galeria/foto/41033.jpg">Web illustration</a><br />
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There are 4 main types of millipedes in the world, Cylinder Millipedes, Plated Millipedes, Pill Millipedes and Bristly Millipedes.<br />
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The long cylinders can be further divided into Bulldozers, (Julids or Iulids) and Borers (Polyzoniida).<br />
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Bulldozers are your typical millipede, they are long and thin and use their flattish heads as a bulldozer blade. Their numerous legs supply the oomph which allows them to push themselves through the soil and leaf-litter.<br />
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Borers are the Colobgnatha, smarties called sucking millipedes, they are to Julids similar but have narrow pointed heads with each successive segment getting slightly larger, they use this shape to winkle themselves into the the substrate they are trying to penetrate. They have small legs which are invisible from above. Colobgnath millipedes have reduced mandibles and likely feed on rotting vegetation, they are also often blind.<br />
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Plated millipedes, sometimes known as Wedgers are the Polydesmida. They have the upper plate of each segment expanded out from the centre of the body into a keel or paranota, thus giving them a less rounded appearance. They work their way into the substrate by wedging in the first plate and then lifting up the body to widen the space, then they push in a little more and lift again.<br />
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Pill millipedes are members of either the Glomeridae or the Sphaerotheriida, they are also bulldozers by nature but are better known for their ability to role into a ball<br />
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Bristle millipedes are bark dwellers, they do not burrow, are covered in bristles and are very small being only a few mm long Polyxenus lagurus 2-3mm is the only British species. These are atypical millipedes and many of the generalisations made in this paper do not apply to them.<br />
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Plated millipedes, Pill millipedes and Bristle millipedes all have far fewer segments than the long thin cylinder types.<br />
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Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers.<br />
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There are about 3,200 known species of treehoppers in over 600 genera. They are found on all continents except Antarctica, although there are only three species in Europe.<br />
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They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum, which most often resembles thorns, apparently to aid camouflage. But in some species, the pronotum grows to a horn-like extension, and even more bizarre and hard-to-describe shapes are also found.<br />
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Treehoppers pierce plant stems with their beaks, and feed upon sap. The immatures can frequently be found on herbaceous shrubs and grasses, whereas the adults more often frequent hardwood tree species. Excess sap becomes concentrated as honeydew, which often attracts ants. Some species have a well-developed ant mutualism, and these species are normally gregarious as well, which attracts more ants. The ants provide protection from predators.<br />
Others have formed mutualisms with wasps, such as <i>Parachartergus apicalis</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehopper#cite_note-1"></a></sup> Even geckos form mutualistic relations with treehoppers, with whom they communicate by small vibrations of the abdomen<br />
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Eggs are laid by the female with her saw-like ovipositor in slits cut into the cambium or live tissue of stems, though some species lay eggs on top of leaves or stems. The eggs may be parasitised by wasps, such as the tiny fairyflies (Mymaridae) and Trichogrammatidae. The females of some membracid species sit over their eggs to protect them from predators and parasites, and may buzz their wings at the intruder. The females of some gregarious species work together to protect each others' eggs. In at least one species, <i>Publilia modesta</i>, mothers serve to attract ants when nymphs are too small to produce much honeydew. Some other species make feeding slits for the nymphs.<br />
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Like the adults, the nymphs also feed upon sap, and unlike adults, have an extensible anal tube that appears designed to deposit honeydew away from their body. The tube appears to be longer in solitary species that are rarely ant attended. It is important for sap-feeding bugs to dispose of honeydew, as otherwise it can become infected with sooty moulds. Indeed, there is evidence that one of the benefits of ants for individuals of the species <i>Publilia concava</i> is the ants remove the honeydew and reduce such growth. (Quote from wikipedia)<br />
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