Blaine's Bug of the Day

The bush beauty, Paralethe dendrophilus.

One figurine, by Franklin Mint (Butterflies of Paradise).

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A corsair (a kind of assassin bug) in the genus Melanolestes.

One figure (and a tentative ID of mine) from an unknown manufacturer (the set from which it came contained mainly bizarre tropical beetles).

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The Atossa nymph, Euriphene atossa.

One figurine, by Franklin Mint (Butterflies of Paradise).

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Interesting unknown maker figurine :)

The multicolored Asian lady beetle (MALB), Harmonia axyridis.

Row 1: Kaiyodo (Sticky Tack Insect Set)
Row 2: Kitan Club - Nature Techni Colour
Row 3: unknown manufacturer [vintage tin pins]

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Chinch bug in the genus Blissus. This is an ID of mine, of this singe, vintage, bubble-gum machine style figure.

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Giant silkworm moths in the genus Hyalophora.

I. Cecropia moth Hyalophora cecropia.
One of my favorite lepidopterans!

1. Paleo-Creatures (Amazing Moths)
2. unknown French feve
3. Safari LTD (Smithsonian Insects)

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4. Doug Walpus Art Studio [added 5/13/2017]

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II. Ceanothus silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus. [added 5/13/2017]
One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio.

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An unusual rhinoceros beetle, Licomedes buckleyi.

One figure, by Sega.

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One of my favorite insects in toy/model form, the treehopper Umbonia crassicornis.

1. Play Visions (Exotic Insects)
2. New Ray
3. Shapeways (Duncan Toys)

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Next brand that i never heard before. You have more informations about Duncan toys please ?

They look surreal! I didn't know something like that exists! Thank you for showing them, I love to learn new things

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Next brand that i never heard before. You have more informations about Duncan toys please ?

it's not a brand of toys, per se. It's a designer on Shapeways. It's a 3D printed model. You have it made and then it comes white and you paint it yourself.

Ana wrote:

They look surreal! I didn't know something like that exists! Thank you for showing them, I love to learn new things

If you made an arthropod, I would buy it :-D

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

Next brand that i never heard before. You have more informations about Duncan toys please ?

it's not a brand of toys, per se. It's a designer on Shapeways. It's a 3D printed model. You have it made and then it comes white and you paint it yourself.

Thank you, that i know :)

The fiery aceaea, Acraea acrita.

One figurine, by Franklin Mint (Butterflies of the World).

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Nice butterfly again :)

Zebra swallowtails in the genus Protographium.

I. Zebra swallowtail, Protographium marcellus.
A pair of larvae:
1. Beam (Imomushi)*
2. unknown manufacturer*

*these are both tentative IDs of mine.

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Adult by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [added 5/13/2017]

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II. Dark zebra swallowtail, Protographium philolaus. [added 5/13/2017]
One figure, by Doug Walpus Art Studio.

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The gaudy commodore, Precis octavia.

One figurine, by Franklin Mint (Butterflies of Paradise).

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An Asian cetoniine, Pseudotorynorrhina japonica. I have always wondered why, given the attention Asian dynastines and lucanids have received, their beautiful spectrum of cetoniines have not received much attention. Also, this is the last species of scarabaeoid beetle to post here (well, until new species are made and/or acquired...).

Two figures, both by Kaiyodo (Insects Gather to Sap - Night Feast of Midsummer) [marketed as Rhomborrina japonica.]

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The ghost moth, Hepialus humuli.

One figure, a larva, by an unknown manufacturer. This is a very tentative ID of mine, especially since nearly all the figures in the set were modeled after butterflies a moth ID may not be correct. Still, I can find no better match.

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A European swallowtail butterfly, the scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalarius.

One figure, by Paleo-Creatures (Little Treasures of Europe).

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The sac spider, Cheiracanthium japonicum.

One figure, by Takara TOMY A.R.T.S. (Venomous Spiders).

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The lilac tree nymph, Sevenia pecheuli.

One figure, by Franklin Mint (Butterflies of Paradise).

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