#pyrops

[herpsandbirds]

Lanternfly (Pyrops karenius), family Fulgoridae, Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand

photograph by niroshan silva

[bugoftheweek]

Day 1 : Pyrops candelaria

These little guys are native to countries like Vietnam and Thailand, and feed off of tree sap by drilling their proboscis into it. Just like their cousins, the lantern fly, the plants effected usually end up dying. They were discovered in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, but the species "pyrops" were recognized in 1839.

[snototter]

Pyrops viridirostris, a planthopper, sits on a tree in Laos

by Mikhail Omelko

[snoots-theclown]

Pyro the pyrops coelestinus

[onenicebugperday]

@helpmeimbeingslaughtered submitted: some lovely bug taxidermy that i bought recently :) id for the last one would be appreciated as he wasnt labeled and ive just taken to calling them ‘the snootmaster’, many thanks :D

I love them, especially the moth! Beautifully mounted. The last fellow looks like a lanternfly in the genus Pyrops, but snootmaster is a better name I think

[psikonauti]

Pyrops sp.

[animalids]

Planthopper (Pyrops maculatus)

Photo by Michael Krause

[herpsandbirds]

Litchi Lanternfly (Pyrops candelaria), family Fulgoridae, Dong Nai, Viet Nam

photograph by James Jolokia