I don't know why I haven't subscribed to you yet, I've heard of you from XandarsMeteor, I don't know why I didn't check you out sooner. Excellent stuff! :D
Cool. Youtube has bored me to tears, by and large, for a while now. This kind of stuff is interesting. If I see any "weird" bugs I know who to go to now.
Unfortunately I live in SW Pennsylvania and the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug has taken over here, among other places. I've seen a few nymphs lately and am not looking forward to the plague we had last year. It was horrible. Those things are like nature's trolls; they won't hurt you but they'll nearly drive you insane.
In my town the wasp eggs are scattered all over the place, and they've been jumping for a few days. Would you take a guess based on a pic of an egg? Or should I try to get it open and show you the larva?
My wife sended you the beetle request and thanks to the information you gave us could we narrow it down to a "grön blombagge" in swedish or the latin name of Chrysanthia Viridissima.
My 6 year old son is crazy in bugs and come with alot of them that mum and pap shall tell what it is.
@Gripen1974 Glad I could be of help! I'd be hesitant about calling it Chrysanthia viridissima. It's really hard to distinguish between the species in this genus without more information. They all look very much alike. Common names very often refer to multiple species as well. :)
@sofiarune Yes i know it is hard to specify, but in the area we live do we only got 2 green blister beetles and one has a red neck sheild and the other hasnt and the one that hasnt is the C. Viridissima.
If he had been red and black or red and yellow would we have had more problems for then we got many more options and they all look simular.
@Gripen1974 There may be more species in your area than you are aware of. There is also Chrysanthia geniculata which is highly reported and can have a similar colouration to the one in the picture you sent. What I'm trying to say is that insect identification can seem easy but there's often way more than meets the eye. Common names can reger to large numbers of species while species themselves can be so similar to eachother in appearence that people will consider them all the same thing. :P
This is awesome! I have a stash of arthropod pics from Churchill I might dig up for you at some point! :-) As for a video idea, you mentioned the possibility of a species concept one - If you do, I think it might be neat to touch on barcoding as it seems to be misunderstood by a lot of people (biologists included :-P)
these Arthropod ID videos are a great idea. i`ve recently stumbled across a crustacean i couldent identify recently in one of my reef tanks, I would ask you to try your hand at identifying it, if i wasent already like 99% sure that they are commensal gall crabs from the
Cryptochiridae family. I discovered them a few weeks ago inhabiting a large colony of Platygyra i`ve got.
On another video, a partial walk-through of a key while identifying a critter (partial because those things are huge) might be a good demonstration of evolutionary relationships (provided you picked the right critter) and the complexity of species identification, n'est ce pas? o.o *cheers you on!*
This is like CSI!
I show you a picture of a beetle - you tell me the country it's from!
Also - you identify it as a possible murder weapon XD
HaploidCell 6 months ago
I don't know why I haven't subscribed to you yet, I've heard of you from XandarsMeteor, I don't know why I didn't check you out sooner. Excellent stuff! :D
PaleoSteno 6 months ago
Very cool! I've always been fascinated by bugs and spiders and such. Thank you for uploading!!
AnApeLikeMe 6 months ago
Cool. Youtube has bored me to tears, by and large, for a while now. This kind of stuff is interesting. If I see any "weird" bugs I know who to go to now.
Unfortunately I live in SW Pennsylvania and the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug has taken over here, among other places. I've seen a few nymphs lately and am not looking forward to the plague we had last year. It was horrible. Those things are like nature's trolls; they won't hurt you but they'll nearly drive you insane.
Hockeygod98 6 months ago
Bugs are soo cool :)
skinnyjohnsen 6 months ago
You so absolutely rock!!!
Adnaana 6 months ago
In my town the wasp eggs are scattered all over the place, and they've been jumping for a few days. Would you take a guess based on a pic of an egg? Or should I try to get it open and show you the larva?
GreatBigBore 6 months ago
Excellent!
stromatolite775 6 months ago
My wife sended you the beetle request and thanks to the information you gave us could we narrow it down to a "grön blombagge" in swedish or the latin name of Chrysanthia Viridissima.
My 6 year old son is crazy in bugs and come with alot of them that mum and pap shall tell what it is.
Thanks for the help:)
Gripen1974 6 months ago
@Gripen1974 Glad I could be of help! I'd be hesitant about calling it Chrysanthia viridissima. It's really hard to distinguish between the species in this genus without more information. They all look very much alike. Common names very often refer to multiple species as well. :)
sofiarune 6 months ago
@sofiarune Yes i know it is hard to specify, but in the area we live do we only got 2 green blister beetles and one has a red neck sheild and the other hasnt and the one that hasnt is the C. Viridissima.
If he had been red and black or red and yellow would we have had more problems for then we got many more options and they all look simular.
Gripen1974 6 months ago
@Gripen1974 There may be more species in your area than you are aware of. There is also Chrysanthia geniculata which is highly reported and can have a similar colouration to the one in the picture you sent. What I'm trying to say is that insect identification can seem easy but there's often way more than meets the eye. Common names can reger to large numbers of species while species themselves can be so similar to eachother in appearence that people will consider them all the same thing. :P
sofiarune 6 months ago
@Gripen1974 I mean, it likely is C. viridissima, but there's no way of knowing for sure.
sofiarune 6 months ago
This is awesome! I have a stash of arthropod pics from Churchill I might dig up for you at some point! :-) As for a video idea, you mentioned the possibility of a species concept one - If you do, I think it might be neat to touch on barcoding as it seems to be misunderstood by a lot of people (biologists included :-P)
Tioliah 6 months ago
these Arthropod ID videos are a great idea. i`ve recently stumbled across a crustacean i couldent identify recently in one of my reef tanks, I would ask you to try your hand at identifying it, if i wasent already like 99% sure that they are commensal gall crabs from the
Cryptochiridae family. I discovered them a few weeks ago inhabiting a large colony of Platygyra i`ve got.
AcanLord 6 months ago
Nice one! Just put a disclaimer when you get cockroach requests. I will be here for the rest : )
ONESPECIES 6 months ago
Nice "segment" :)
Looking forward to more. This is definitely going to be an excellent series for anyone wanting to know more than, "Yup, that's a bug...or not."
XandarsMeteor 6 months ago
Great! That was cool!
PixelSlayer247 6 months ago
@PixelSlayer247 Glad you liked it! I might release the next one tomorrow.
sofiarune 6 months ago
On another video, a partial walk-through of a key while identifying a critter (partial because those things are huge) might be a good demonstration of evolutionary relationships (provided you picked the right critter) and the complexity of species identification, n'est ce pas? o.o *cheers you on!*
theinnerbadger 6 months ago