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Description
Message from Lech Borowiec :
It is not possible to identify this hispine beetle based on the photo. At first glance it appears similar to Teretrispa daccordii, but in the photo its pronotum looks cylindrical and conical, as in species of the genus Wanatispa (Teretrispa and Caledonispa have square or transverse pronota). Maybe it is an as yet undescribed species or some teratological specimen.
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Description
Ampulex compressa ou guêpe émeraude est une espèce d'insecte hyménoptère appartenant à la famille des Ampulicidae.
Le comportement reproductif de la guêpe émeraude consiste à déposer ses larves au sein d'un cafard vivant, ce qui place l’espèce dans la catégorie des parasitoïdes.
La guêpe commence par piquer la blatte au thorax. Cette piqûre ne prend que quelques secondes et agit vite : la blatte est paralysée temporairement. La guêpe pique alors sa victime une seconde fois à travers la tête et l'enveloppe ganglionnaire, précisément dans deux régions distinctes des ganglions cérébraux. Le comportement de la blatte est affecté : elle procède à un toilettage intensif. Pendant ce temps (une demi-heure environ), la guêpe recherche un endroit approprié pour creuser et aménager un terrier. Elle y traîne la blatte, pond un œuf et le fixe à la base d'une patte, puis referme le nid à l'aide de feuilles et de graviers. Quand l’œuf éclot la larve suce d'abord l'hémolymphe puis s'introduit quelques jours plus tard dans l'abdomen de la blatte et le dévore avant de se transformer en pupe puis en insecte parfait, le tout prenant environ un mois.
Elle fut introduite à Hawaï en 1941 comme méthode de bio-contrôle face aux cafards. Ce projet fut un échec, dû notamment à la tendance de cette guêpe à avoir un territoire de chasse très local.
On la trouve principalement lors des saisons les plus chaudes dans les régions tropicales du sud de l'Asie, de l'Afrique et dans les îles du Pacifique.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampulex_compressa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_cockroach_wasp
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Description
ID for the things making "hands" in coral
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Description
vu sur une branche de Menepetalum, à Atéou
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Description
Celiphlebia caledonae est un insecte endémique de Nouvelle- Calédonie, de la famille des éphémères (Leptophlebiidae).
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Description
Cordyceps est un genre de champignons entomopathogènes (qui infecte des insectes ou araignées).
Il peut aussi parasiter d'autres champignons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps
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Description
Distoleon bistrigatus est une espèce de fourmilion de la famille des Myrmeleontidae, présente en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
endemia.nc/faune/fiche8569
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Description
Unknown song, maybe from Australia or Vanuatu bird.
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