Strange Bugs of Thailand.

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on September 10, 2006 at 10:21 pm


John Moore has a collection of over 3,000 photographs of Thai insects, taken mostly in their natural habitats in forest of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Does anyone know what is this strange bug with a face on its back?

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4 comments to "Strange Bugs of Thailand."

  1. The Liberal Avenger
    September 11th, 2006 at 10:21 am

    This specimen appears to be a variety of cockroach ('maengda' in Thai). It is immature, as his posterial armor has not yet fully grown to shield the rear of his body from being bitten or stung.

    IMO, the only good cockroach in Thailand is a dead one.

  2. Entomophilia
    September 11th, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    I dissent, this doesn't look like a cockroach (of the Orthopteroid orders) but more like a true bug of the order Hemiptera.
    One does not typically see the head of a cockroach from the dorsal view, as it is usually obscured by the pronotum. And cockroachs don't have hemelytra (the X on the back).

    Sorry I can't get you any closer than "long-horned bug". suborder Gymnocerata.

  3. Moon
    September 12th, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    I resemble that bug! Maybe it's one of my cousins or something.

  4. Alex
    September 13th, 2006 at 6:22 am

    So. An unidentified Face Object or UFO bug then!


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