Need help on insect identification

troublemaker2005 SG

Need to know what are the insects that have 2 thoraxes.

Ned to know what is the name iof this insect, or its young?

FireIce SG

if got 2 thorax then it is not an insect.

Summer hill SG

it's a spy technology.

ditzy SG

Insecticon.

troublemaker2005 SG

i just updated my first post with a photo, need ID what it is its name.

DailyFreeGames.com SG

i just updated my first post with a photo, need ID what it is its name.

aiyah, why you need to know? Just name it xiao chiang lah. when teacher ask, just say this one new spieces, i discovered it first, so i name it xiao chiang.

troublemaker2005 SG

whaloa, these know lesser than me.

Weychin SG

Look like a species of earwig, the lower “thorax” appears to be sheath wings not unlike a beetle. The lower thorax just looks seperate,unless articulate, probably is a part of main thorax.
Maybe google”earwig” for better identification.
Happy holidays!

troublemaker2005 SG

Thanks Weychin. The anatomy of the subject in my photo against the earwig young immediate after hatch from an egg looks similar. I will work on your information. it might just be spot on. Any forum/s here that we can turn to when querying ionto nature?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Earwig_life_cycle_upwards.svg

troublemaker2005 SG

for the rest, my virtual teacher know how a cockroach look like. and please give them the respect they need. when humans die, they are the few creatures that will still live. evolving if they have to just like what they have been doing for millions of years. in the event of a nuclear fallout, like say one in japan, all humans probably will die and they will still emeeger alive and kicking.

as for insect identification, i hope someone learn something also.

spy technology using tiny devices is good. Insecticons are also my fav transformer.

Weychin SG

Glad to be of some assistance.
Sorry, do not know offhand, perhaps malayan or singapore nature society has a herpetology chapter. Maybe there is a forum for insect pets.

Weychin SG

By the your macro shots shows good detail, is the insect alive at time of photo session?

troublemaker2005 SG

Glad to be of some assistance.
Sorry, do not know offhand, perhaps malayan or singapore nature society has a herpetology chapter. Maybe there is a forum for insect pets.

no problem, i am sure there will be many people and other ways to get the information should i need them again.

troublemaker2005 SG

By the your macro shots shows good detail, is the insect alive at time of photo session?

The photo i took at night. It crawled onto my working table at homw and knowing what it could be now i wonder if this species was imported into Singapore or asia. Nowsadays lots of people moving around the globe so at times they bring foreign things along with their lugguages.

this photo has been resized from aits initial 12mp resolution so i am happy on your comments about detail retention. Ext flash assisted (insects have differnt spctrum of vision), its was taken with a 85mm macro lens with 50mm extention tube, focus locked at 1:1 so its about 1.7 magnification. the insect was only about a few millimeters in length (exluding feelers), alive hyperactive when the photo was taken. At 100% view in the original 12mp photo, you can see all its hairs and body texture in detail.

i used a piece of paper for it to tread on before letting it free out of my window.

Hello Kitty SG

it's a rove beetle lah, n00b.

troublemaker2005 SG

Checked out Rove Beetle and its a closer matchnot only in anatomy AND color against the subject in photo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_beetle

Weychin SG

Follow the rove beetle suggestion by Hello Kitty and found this :- paederus riparus? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paederus.
A juvenile specimen perhaps?

Weychin SG

Thanks for the info, that explain quite a bit! My initial impression was ambient lighting at maybe f9.5 or f11, due to low constrast and with even gradation with directional lighting. Due to the size of the insect, the flash becomes a broad source instead of pinpoint directional lighting!

i used a piece of paper for it to tread on before letting it free out of my window.

troublemaker2005 SG

Follow the rove beetle suggestion by Hello Kitty and found this :- paederus riparus? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paederus.
A juvenile specimen perhaps?

Still checking online for additinal information. Unless people often venture into the wild sides of singapore, or happen to always see this type of insects, most people probably only know and see the common types around rural singapore. Cool Chill!

but i think the Rove beetle ID is nearer to the subject in the photo at this moment.

troublemaker2005 SG

Very difficult to do F9-F11 at ambient and indoors at night for macro on hyperactive subjects. Moreover i am focusing at about only a few centimeter from the subject.

This photos was taken at f29 so flash has to be used. for such a small subject focused at such a close distance, using f9-11 most of it will be out of focus. i nee most of it to be in focus.

yep feels a little underexposed. i will push up the exposure a little further before using this photo. thanks.

I have seen people shooting with F1.0 outdoors but that was a bigger subject praying mantis. the exif data shoots no flash at noon but the whole picture looks a little dull shady underexposed.