What
Genus HoplomutillaObserver
bayuccaDescription
Hoplomutilla sp., probably Hoplomutilla sociata or Hoplomutilla patricialis. Also very similar to Traumatomutilla incerta.
What
Tribe CarpocoriniObserver
bayuccaDescription
I think it is either Mormidea sp. or Oebalus sp. (close to Oebalus insularis)
Photos / Sounds
What
Phthiarella affinisObserver
bayuccaDescription
Coreidae, Coreinae, Anisoscelini, Phthiarella sp. and probably Phthiarella affinis.
Copalinga, rainforest across Rio Bombuscaro, Zamora, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
Same place like this one, but note the same individual. Note the missing orange stripe behind the head:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153809684
Photos / Sounds
What
Phthiarella affinisObserver
bayuccaDescription
Coreidae, Coreinae, Anisoscelini, Phthiarella sp. and probably Phthiarella affinis.
Copalinga, rainforest across Rio Bombuscaro, Zamora, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
What
Omaspides collectaObserver
bayuccaDescription
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Omaspides collecta, female.
Cabañas Yankuam, Via Nuevo Paraiso, Nangaritza, Zamora Chinchcipe, Ecuador.
ID by Lukas Sekerka
Described by Spaeth in 1937. He wrote "female unknown":
"Die Makel des Seitendaches hat zwei dunkle Querbinden; vor der Spitze der Scheibe ist je eine unscharfe, vorn sich netzförmig auflösende, längliche gelbe Makel. Halsschild vorn breit abgestutzt, schmal rötlich, an der Seite gerade, Flügeldecken des Weibchens an der Basis seicht ausgerandet, die Schulterecken sehr wenig vorgezogen und gewinkelt; Seitendach breit; Scheibe mit sehr verloschener Netzung. 13 x 12,5 mm (Weibchen unbekannt). Ecuador (Buckley, Brit. Mus.) ......................collecta n. Sp."
Spaeth (1937) page 92:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_98_0079-0095.pdf
Now we have the first documented and verified female of this species and it is even mentioned in a paper by Leocadio et. al. (2020).
Subsociality and parental care is quite common in Cassidinae (and probably also in other Chrysomelidae) and an interesting behaviour.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341462065_Molecular_systematics_reveals_the_origins_of_subsociality_in_tortoise_beetles_Coleoptera_Chrysomelidae_Cassidinae_Evolution_of_subsociality_in_Cassidinae
http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/omaspidescollecta.htm
What
Slug Caterpillar Moths (Family Limacodidae)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Limacodidae
Wildsumaco, Powerline Trail, Napo, Ecuador
What
Mountain Burnet (Zygaena exulans)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Mountain Burnet or Hochalpen-Widderchen (Zygaena exulans)
What
Transalpine Burnet Moth (Zygaena transalpina)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae, Zygaena transalpina, Hufeisenklee-Widderchen
Lötschberg Südrampe, Kanton of Valais, Switzerland
What
Lappet Moths (Family Lasiocampidae)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Unknown Caterpillar from Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador
Lasiocampidae? Apatelodidae?
What
Harmonia Tigerwing (Tithorea harmonia)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini, Tithorea harmonia, Tithorea harmonia cf. hermias.
What
Harmonia Tigerwing (Tithorea harmonia)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini, Tithorea harmonia, Tithorea harmonia cf. hermias.
What
Harmonia Tigerwing (Tithorea harmonia)Observer
bayuccaDescription
Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini, Tithorea harmonia