Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny insect.
Posted by phidao on 14-08-2009 02:13
#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.
Please help me to find ID of this insect, thank you!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-08-2009 07:06
#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 07:43
#3
Thanks Paul, here is another view angle of this insect:
Edited by phidao on 14-08-2009 07:48
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 10:08
#4
It would be great to see many flies from that country!!! Please photograph them!!! amap
Posted by Andrzej on 14-08-2009 10:22
#5
Look like a Hispinae member !
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 10:25
#6
somewhere near Dicladispa
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 10:31
#7
you can discard the "look like, Andrzej :D
Posted by phidao on 14-08-2009 10:38
#8
So it's look like Hispinae ?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2009 10:50
#9
*it is*
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae - Hispinae - somewhere near Dicladispa. Isidro will confirm this, though.
Posted by Andrzej on 14-08-2009 12:39
#10
hehehe: No doubt Hispinae :o