{"id":858,"date":"2010-10-31T20:21:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T00:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=858"},"modified":"2010-10-31T20:55:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T00:55:07","slug":"ent-o-lantern-2010-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/31\/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ent-O-Lantern 2010 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just in time for all the exoskeletons and Devils Walkingsticks to head out onto the streets for some trick or treating, there are a few other insects ready for Hallowe’en!<\/p>\n

\"Corn-Stalk<\/a>

Corn-Stalk Eyed Fly<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Corn-Stalk<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve and Rob’s a-maize-ing Corn-Stalk Eyed Fly (Diopsidae) included pomegranate eyes, carrot pedicel and flagellomeres, corn tassel arista, jalapeno pepper scutellar spines, and corn stalk legs.<\/p>\n

\"Gourd<\/a>

Gourd Ant at the ready<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Gourd<\/a><\/p>\n

Adam and Meagan captured this gourd ant roaming the haunted halls and brought it back for further examination.<\/p>\n

\n

\"A<\/a>

A true SCARE-ab Beetle!<\/p><\/div>\n

The rest of the lab helped with our Scare-ab Beetle (Scarabaeidae) and associated kleptoparasitic Dung flies (Sphaeroceridae).<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

An assortment of gourds formed the exoskeleton of our beetle, with a turban squash as the head, gooseneck gourd for the horn and front tibia, apple eyes and mandibles, and willow branch antennae with sliced gourd lamellae.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy octopi make excellent phoretic mites!<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, we have kleptoparasitic flies circling around and riding the scarab waiting to lay their eggs on the glowing dung ball.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy Hallowe’en!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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