Record holders in the world of insects

30.12.2011 21:34, niyaz

The longest jaws (mandibles) among insects in the horned giraffe (Prosopocoilus Giraffa). The length of the mandibles reaches 4.5-5 cm in length.


The longest jaws (mandibles) relative to the body among insects are found in the Grant's Hornbill (Chiasognathus grantii). Their length exceeds the length of the body and reaches 4 cm

30.12.2011 23:01, Коллекционер

04.01.2012 12:53, niyaz

28.05.2012 17:32, Коллекционер

30.05.2012 22:01, Black Coleopter

and which insect is currently considered the rarest?

Carabus nemoralis from Timiryazevsky Park in Moscow. It's there, but I still can't get there.

31.05.2012 2:16, AGG

But in " Neskuchny.."there's some weird stuff going on with them...crawling half-dead and lying dead on the paths, the same found near the walls of the Kremlin on the embankment (personal observations and fees 2005-2010). Something they seem to be seriously watered, or their "victims" and in the Lipetsk region found "zhivchikov" and this point is not in the " Bugs... Tsurikova" now it remains to find it with us (although according to "some data" it seems to have been found, but there are at least vague doubts about this) and from the same series..............
In general, there is a separate topic for "ghosts" and so on, but still..for the Tambov region, "michurintsy" =a whole school on the basis of the Michurinsky Pedagogical Institute (and now, almost the Academy at the science city) found us a Carabus coriaceus

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31.05.2012 17:30, Коллекционер

03.06.2012 19:24, niyaz

21.02.2015 12:57, sa64

07.06.2015 23:35, Евгений88

01.08.2015 16:58, ИНО

01.08.2015 18:39, Кархарот

Definitely, in some Xylocopa, 1.5 cm or more in length. But they are narrow, like a sausage, so that by weight, of course, they are inferior to stick insects, at times.

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15.09.2015 19:21, AVA

and which insect is currently considered the rarest?

The mass of insects is known only from holotypes. Here they are the most "rare".

16.09.2015 0:17, Maksim M.

26.09.2015 19:38, guest: никита

19.11.2016 13:25, vasiliy-feoktistov

Classics of the genre.
Male Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758
The hand in the first photo is not a child's, but mine
In the spread state, the wingspan turned out to be 25 centimeters ))
22.03.2013 Malaysia, Pahang, Fraser's Hill, Silverpark, 3.42'54.81"N 101.44'07.65"E Alt.=1285м. leg. Vishnyakov A.N.

19.11.2016 17:34, vasiliy-feoktistov

Leafhoppers can rightfully be considered masters of camouflage among insects
Malay Leafhopper
Phyllium giganteum Hausleithner, 1984
(Phasmida → Phyllioidea → Phylliidae)
1972 Malaysia, Perak

NB Pay attention to an interesting fact: the submitted copy is a copy of the original. collected 12 years earlier than the described species

19.11.2016 18:55, ИНО

19.11.2016 19:22, vasiliy-feoktistov

It looks like someone else chewed on this specimen when it was young, mistaking it for a leaf. And what exactly is the record?

In disguise
But it still didn't help him )

20.11.2016 1:50, ИНО

20.11.2016 10:53, vasiliy-feoktistov

Well, you can argue with that. No, of course, not with the fact that they were unlucky, but with the fact that this particular species is the record holder.

You can argue with anything. There would be a desire.
I don't have that desire
We are not talking about a specific species, but about the whole family: Phylliidae (Leafhoppers). It's just that this view is the only one in my collection (I don't do them), so I gave the photo as an example of imitation of green leaves.

20.11.2016 13:38, ИНО

16.12.2016 23:31, Андреас

People-and does anyone know-what exactly is the name of the substance that causes wild torment in a person who touches the" most poisonous caterpillar in the world " Megalopyge opercularis?
By the way , I just found out that I was a hair's breadth away from (I can imagine what!!!) while photographing the second "most venomous caterpillar in the world" Lonomia Obliqua. Also, still, similar to it, I was just too lazy/did not think to take it for pupation with my bare hands... It seems that their poison is "botulinum toxin" - but this is only guesswork
By the way, during the collection of caterpillars of the white American butterfly in the second grade - my hands were covered with boils up to the elbows.

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16.12.2016 23:35, Андреас