Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / March 2006

A friend of mine in Philippines had this bug land on his boat.
Can anyone tell me more about the species?
Here's the pics and a little more about it. It really resembles a
Lady Bug but unlike and has shell like transparent "things" over

I am old enough to have a working knowledge of Latin.
I am still young enough to be a rebel.
In my recent book BUTTERFLIES OF WEST AFRICA I have tried to use original
spellings. I follow in the illustrious footsteps of the Natural History

This is weird. The window on which I found this insect has a plastic
sheet on it that I put during the winter. Although it was ripped a
while ago, I put back another plastic more than a month ago. I verified
and it is as hermetic as I can do. I am not aware of any hole in the

Can anyone advise where Ringe's 1961 Nycteola paper was published.
Mucho gracias
Gary Anweiler

can someone help me identify this insect?
I found it on my bedroom floor and I mainly want to make
sure it's nothing to be concerned about.
4 pictures and a description are here:

Could anyone explain to me why can't we attach pics. of the bug we are talking about  Not everyone has a website to display your own pictures.  A news group seems to me the ideal place to show the insect's pictures.  What's the problem?
Thank you
Walter Voigt

Could anyone explain to me why can't we attach pics. of the bug we are talking about  Not everyone has a website to display your own pictures.  A news group seems to me the ideal place to show the insect's pictures.  What's the problem?
Thank you
Walter Voigt

Can anyone identify this insect? I found three of them in less than four
hours in my house on the day after the first warm (60 degrees
farenheight) day in March. Thanks to all for any help!
Here's a link to the file:

Greeting all
I see that a lot of noctuid names (and others ?)  that previously ended in "a" (Euxoa terrena, E. tronella) are now showing up ending in "us" (E. tronellus etc.). Can anyone tell me what this is based on and what is the correct current use.  
Thanks muchly
Gary Anweiler

Would anyone have any information about the four new butterfly species reportedly discovered recently on slopes of the Foja Mountains (the western and Indonesia-controlled half of New Guinea island)?? Are there new ornithoptera species, by chance??
Thanks,
Edw. Blomgren

I have an unidentified image of a caterpillar on my web
site. The site is data driven, so if you type
"Caterpillar" into the search field the thumbnail link
to the larger image will be offered. If someone can

I have an unidentified image of a caterpillar on my web
site. The site is data driven, so if you type
"Caterpillar" into the search field the thumbnail link
to the larger image will be offered. If someone can

Can anyone know where Ferguson's 1954 paper describing several species of Hypenodes was published?
Mucho gracias
Gary Anweiler