Comments on: The Insect Head: Guide To The Antennae, Eyes & Mouthparts https://earthlife.net/insect-head-antennae-eyes-mouth/ An encyclopedia of life on earth Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gordon Ramel https://earthlife.net/insect-head-antennae-eyes-mouth/#comment-2941 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 02:34:11 +0000 https://www.earthlife.net/?p=3247#comment-2941 In reply to Karen Hedrick.

Hi Karen, I admit I am reluctant to post my email address here as it may result in a lot of spam emails, you have no idea how many spam comments we get each day through this comments box. Further more I am unlikely to be able to id the creature beyond order on a partial view, and because I am not a global insect taxonomic expert, nobody is. With over 1 million species generalists like myself are only useful in the areas they live, and specialists usually focus on a single family or even genus. Ideally, you need to know where the photo was taken and ask a local entomologist. However, I did a Google search for “Insect Peeping through a leaf”, all bar one of the images were for Damselflies. As you mentioned googly eyes, this seems like a good bet. Some of these images are labelled with insect names, such as the following. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/banded-demoiselle-peeking-through-hole-in-leaf-royalty-free-image/980719792?adppopup=true

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By: Karen Hedrick https://earthlife.net/insect-head-antennae-eyes-mouth/#comment-2826 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 03:27:27 +0000 https://www.earthlife.net/?p=3247#comment-2826 Hi Gordon! I encountered a meme with an insect peeping through a hole eaten in a leaf and I’m having difficulty identifying the insect. Mostly all I see are it’s large googly eyes and maybe mandibles? I am not an entomologist by any stretch of the imagination and wondering if I could email the photo to you? Thank you for your time in this regard.
Sincerely, Karen Hedrick

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