Thursday, January 8, 2009

What is That ?



CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS BU
G ??

Last night or early morning of 8th is bout 2.45am~3.00am
somebody fly into my room...
Actually it fly into my room last night also d, but b4 i can took the video of a lizard facing with it,
it already gone from my room after i took my camera come.
so 2nd time i saw it, i quickly took down some pictures and video to share with u all ^^

start to crawling out from plastic
the insect feeler so long.

It was moving slowly on SunShine Big sticker

Trying to start fly d..

It fly towards me and my camera, scared me that time.
I jump off the floor to my bed and continue my observation near 3.00am in the morning.

The abdomen part is bout 1.5 inches long.
The Thorax and Head part is bout 0.5 inch long.
The Antenna is bout 2.5 inches long each...

It was cleaning it's let by licking on it ?



On wall...

Insect anatomy scheme

A- Head
B- Thorax
C- Abdomen

  1. antenna
  2. ocelli (lower)
  3. ocelli (upper)
  4. compound eye
  5. brain (cerebral ganglia)
  6. prothorax
  7. dorsal artery
  8. tracheal tubes (trunk with spiracle)
  9. mesothorax
  10. metathorax
  11. first wing
  12. second wing
  13. mid-gut (stomach)
  14. heart
  15. ovary
  16. hind-gut (intestine, rectum & anus)
  17. anus
  18. vagina
  19. nerve chord (abdominal ganglia)
  20. Malpighian tubes
  21. pillow
  22. claws
  23. tarsus
  24. tibia
  25. femur
  26. trochanter
  27. fore-gut (crop, gizzard)
  28. thoracic ganglion
  29. coxa
  30. salivary gland
  31. subesophageal ganglion
  32. mouthparts




This Video kinda short, but it show it moving on floor...



I suspect that it came from Cerambycidae; also known as long-horned beetles or, more archaically, longicorns , that is Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB)


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The Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB) is native to China and other areas of eastern Asia, where it causes widespread mortality of poplar, willow, elm, and maple trees.

The beetle, known as the Starry Sky or Sky Oxen beetle in China, is a large black insect, with white spots dashed irregularly on its elytra (wing covers). Adults are typically 1–1.5 inches (2.5–3.8 cm) long. The distinctive long antennae that give the beetle its common name are as long as the body in females and almost twice the body length in males.

The ALB is considered an invasive species in North America, where it is a serious threat to many species of deciduous hardwood trees. During the larval stage, the ALB bores deep into a tree's heartwood, where it feeds on the tree's nutrients. The tunneling damages and eventually kills the tree. Tree species considered ALB host species include all species of maple (Norway, sugar, silver, and red maple) as well as horse-chestnut, poplar, willow, birch, London plane tree, mountain-ash, mimosa (silk tree), and elm.

While the Asian longhorned beetle can fly for distances of 400 yards (400 m) or more in search of a host tree, they tend to lay eggs in the same tree from which they emerged as adults, migrating only when population density becomes too high. During the summer months, a mated adult ALB female chews 35 to 90 individual depressions into the host tree's bark and lays an egg in each of the pits. The eggs hatch in 10-15 days and the white, caterpillar-like larvae tunnel into the tree's phloem and cambium layers beneath the tree bark. After several weeks, the larvae tunnel deeper in the tree's heartwood where they mature into pupae. The pupae hatch into adults inside the tree over the winter months. The full-grown adult ALBs chew their way out of the tree the next spring and summer, as early as May and as late as October or November, depending on climate. In the process, they leave perfectly round exit holes that are approximately 1 cm (3/8") in diameter.

Signs of Asian longhorned beetle infestation include: the perfectly round, 2 cm exit holes; frass, a sawdust-like material comprised of tree shavings and insect waste; and oozing sap. Dead and dying tree limbs or branches and yellowing leaves when there has been no drought also signal ALB infestation. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) research indicates this beetle can survive and reproduce in most sections of the country where suitable host trees exist.

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-source from wikipedia.

After that i take a ruler lure it move on to it, den sent it way out of window..
Let it go find back it's sweet home.
but jangan-jangan kat rumahku ..haha ^^

It is kinda funny right ?
Cos i am a Natural Lover...^^ Any creature tat is unique, then i will looked more detail bout it d ... ^^
haha...





1 comment:

  1. This kind of stuffs are quite common in my kampung, didn't know its name, well, I'm from a kampung, haha.

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