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Drosicha corpulenta
male, small, bizarre looking insect, black wings, feather like antenna, flat body with thin red tails
tropical forest on limestone
I spotted this strange insect in Ba Be Lakes National Park. There were a few of them flying around. I had to wait a while for them to land to get some shots. I've never seen anything like this before. I never thought it would be a male scale insect.
Thanks thecochenille for narrowing it down to the genus and updating the family too. Do you think it could be D. corpulenta?
Very cool that they provided the link to my spotting. Thanks for letting me and the community know Ashish.
Congratulations Dan... Your spotting is a Leraning lesson now for entire world...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/04/06/w...
@bayucca, that's the same link that I saw to match my spotting but as you said, no specific ID there. Great spotting of your wasp moth from achmmad's link!
@achmmad: Mine is a classic Arctiidae, a wasp moth. Best picture I found would be this one from Costa Rica, which is unfortunately with no genus/species name, but fits "perfectly"...
http://ecolibrary.org/page/DP847
I would say it is definitely the suggested ID of a male scale insect.
The behaviour is comparable to some moth, where the female is just "wait and see" to find a male to mate. The males are receiving the pheromones by their huge antennae.
I just flick walking and found bayucca's photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhofe.... seems related!
Oxyjack has got it, entomologist Eric R. Eaton has also verified that it is a male scale insect of the Margarodidae family.
Thanks a lot Jack. I would have never guessed that either but I saw a few matches online. I'll go with that ID.
I heard back from my friend the Fulgoroid hopper expert. She and her husband are both entomologists and they have travelled extensively, collecting insects all over the world. They are both convinced that this is a male scale insect. I never would have guessed that myself, but least scales are Hemiptera.
Thanks for all the input on this one. Seems everyone is just as stumped as I am. This one is quite the challenge!
Just another pics to be considered: http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo2... http://www.richard-seaman.com/Insects/Vi... and http://www.richard-seaman.com/Insects/Vi... Such a fusion from the three mentioned! Anyway, very cool spotting!
Sorry Dan.. here is very less information on Asian insects or Arthropods... Thanks for sharing such less known creatures.. This should be a learning lesson for everyone.
Hope Chun will find a way to accurate ID.
Spotted on Jan 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 6, 2012
