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what a "nose"!

            lantern bug - looks like Pyrops candelaria

from Wikipedia:
The head of some species is produced into a hollow process, resembling a snout, which is sometimes inflated and nearly as large as the body of the insect, sometimes elongated, narrow and apically upturned. It was believed, mainly on the authority of Maria Sibylla Merian, that this process, the so-called lantern, was luminous at night in the living insect. Carl Linnaeus adopted the statement without question and coined a number of specific names, such as laternaria, phosphorea and candelaria to illustrate the supposed fact, and thus propagated the myth. 

Die Art Pyrops candelaria gehört in der Unterordnung der Spitzkopfzikaden zur Familie der Echten Laternenträger (Fulgoridae). Die Stirnpartie einiger Arten dieser Familie ist zu einem hohlen Fortsatz verlängert. Hauptsächlich auf Grund von Behauptungen von Maria Sibylla Merian wurde geglaubt, dass der Fortsatz bei Nacht leuchten könne. Der Systematiker Carl von Linné übernahm diese irrige Behauptung in dem er einigen Spezies entsprechende Namen vergab (laternaria, phosphorea, candelaria).
Spitzkopfzikaden verfügen über ausgezeichnetes Sprungvermögen. Beim Fotografieren dieser Arten kann es plötzlich passieren, dass sich das Motiv ohne Vorankündigung aus dem Bildrahmen verabschiedet. Die gut ausgebildeten Muskeln liegen dabei nicht in den Beinen der Tiere sondern im Rumpf. Elastisch verformbare Teile des Aussenskeletts werden dann vor dem Sprung durch die Muskelenergie gespannt, bevor es durch einen entsprechenden Fluchtreiz zur explosionsartigen Freisetzung der Energie kommt.
   

Taken on: September 10, 2022

Tags:

Thailand

ChiangMai

Arthropoda

Insecta

Fulgoridae

Fulgoromorpha

Hemiptera

lantern-bug

Canon

EOSR6

100mm « less

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Camera: Canon EOS R6, f/3.5, 1/160 sec, 100mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R6
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Photo Professional
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