Tonight's mystery is a straight-up Name That Bug:
From central Florida, the mystery insect
One point for picking the order, two points for family, five points for genus, and five points for species. [added in edit- you've got to be first in any one category].
And guess what? We've finally decided what to do with all these hard-earned Myrmecos Points!
At the end of every month, I'll tally points from the preceding weeks and the winner will get to choose either:
- Any 8x10 print from the galleries of www.alexanderwild.com
-or, since so many of you are bloggers-
- A freebie blog entry where the winner may use Myrmecos Blog to guest post on a topic of their choosing, provided it is reasonably Safe for Work.
This week's results will be carried into April's tally.
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Hemiptera Flatidae Ormenaria sp?
Looks like Ormenaria rufifascia.
rufifascia?
That'll teach me to refresh.
Flatidae: Ormenaria rufifascia (Walker),
Dangit, I didn't see you guys had it already.
Suborder bonus point?? - Auchenorrhyncha
!
Oooh, if we're playing that game, then:
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
:-p
Aw, darn it, if only I didn't forget to check right after school today again.
Anyway, I'll throw my hat in the Ormenaria rufifascia ring.
Oh wait, Order Hemiptera. That's at least 1 point, right? (please?)
Fig. 1. Ormenaria rufifascia Walker, 1851 (Hemiptera: Flatidae), lateral view.
:)