Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny insect.

Posted by phidao on 14-08-2009 03:13
#1

I have taken this picture of insect I have ever never seen before.
Catched on Aug 8, 09
Location: The Zoo in saigon city, Vietnam
It's ability 2mm long.

i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp235/dplphi/Macro%20August%2008%202009/bug05.jpg

Please help me to find ID of this insect, thank you!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-08-2009 08:06
#2

Some kind of beetle. If you have more shots, then it will be easier for us to say more. In Europe we have a few Chrysomelidae that look like porcupines. Dunno about Vietnam.

Posted by phidao on 14-08-2009 08:43
#3

Thanks Paul, here is another view angle of this insect:

i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp235/dplphi/Macro%20August%2008%202009/bug09.jpg

Edited by phidao on 14-08-2009 08:48

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 11:08
#4

It would be great to see many flies from that country!!! Please photograph them!!! amap

Posted by Andrzej on 14-08-2009 11:22
#5

Look like a Hispinae member !

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 11:25
#6

somewhere near Dicladispa

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 11:31
#7

you can discard the "look like, Andrzej :D

Posted by phidao on 14-08-2009 11:38
#8

So it's look like Hispinae ?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 11:50
#9

*it is*
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae - Hispinae - somewhere near Dicladispa. Isidro will confirm this, though.

Posted by Andrzej on 14-08-2009 13:39
#10

hehehe: No doubt Hispinae :o