Lucite Paperweight - Amber Clear (4 Blocks Set)

Real Sword Bug - Megarrhamphus truncates, 3 Spot Flower Bug (Nymph of Black Spot Red Bug - Parastrachia napaensis), Stripe Bug – Graphosoma rubrolineata and Mary Bug (Nymph of Wrinkle Bug - Cyclopelta parva) specimen encased in rectangular indestructible, transparent lucite block. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real specimens right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the specimens from every angle.

They are clear enough for microscope observation.

Length of the Bugs body are 1.7 cm (0.7 inch), 1.2 cm (0.5 inch), 0.9 cm (0.4 inch) and 1.1 cm(0.4 inch).

Size of each lucite block is 4.5x3.0x2.0 cm (1.8x1.2x0.8 inch)

Weight of each block is 30 gram and 45 gram with packing box.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
 

They are ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item.

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Sword Bug - Megarrhamphus truncates

Order: Hemiptera     Suborder: Heteroptera     Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha     Superfamily: Pentatomoidea      Family: Scutelleridae

Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the last section of their thorax into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings. This latter characteristic distinguishes them from most other families within Heteroptera, and may lead to misidentification as a beetle rather than a bug. These insects feed on plant juices from a variety of different species, including some commercial crops. Closely related to stink bugs, they may also produce an offensive odour when disturbed. There are around 450 species worldwide.

Length of body 18 -22 mm, the body color tan, the forehead slightly assumes the triangle, the nose point slender, protothorax back board brown bulging dun streak, small shield board long and narrow yellow vertical strip, is brown, the anterior wing leather nature is red, various feet tan, the first full tibia is red. This kind of distribution in the low elevation mountainous area, often appears on the grasses leaf, the nymphae body color yellow, the body back edge has the black streak. This kind of body is long and narrow, therefore the outward appearance shrimp roe the named big shrimp shells stinkbug, the approximate kind of small shrimp shells stinkbug's build is likely small, the forehead compares the point, is not common.

Ecology habit: The prosopon appears in the spring, the summer two seasons, the low elevation area is obvious. Host food is the gramineae weed, also often perches the activity on the awn leaves of grass.

Distribution: Southern China

Black Spot Red Bug - Parastrachia napaensis

Order: Hemiptera     Suborder: Heteroptera     Family: Parastrachiidae    Genus: Parastrachia

Distribution: Western, central and southern China, India, Nepal, Myanmar.

Size:- length: 16 -21 mm  width: 9.5 – 12 mm

Scarlet, with dense punctures. Cephalic lobe longer than the middle of the side edges upturned; back of the base with black horizontal stripes, some individuals with no or obvious; antennae black, Section 2, Section 3 longer. Pronotum front, before most of the large central horizontal stripes, scutellum (except for the end of the outside), the central portion of the great circle spots leathery forewings and foot and ventral abdomen of some plaques are black. Forewing membrane sewage smoked, at the edge of pale, transparent, slightly longer end over the abdomen.

Stripe Bug – Graphosoma rubrolineata

Distribution: Northern China, Eastern Siberia, Korea and Japan
The adult body length 8-11 mm, 7 mm wide. First black; Tentacles of brown-black, red yellow base 2. Small black-shield stripe backward unchanged fine,
Both stripe and the direct-shield edge. Foot brown-black, red and yellow legs of a spot; Back in black body and red pick-and longitudinal stripe, black head
Two longitudinal stripe, chest backplane six, small shields on the four films, both full-length. Physical ventral orange-red, some are creatures of black spots.
Leaves and adults in rural gap in the winter, the coming year 4, 5 with the activities of the host eggs on the branches. Early Age
Nymph clusters, scattered after the age of two. Major feeding carrots, fennel and onions

Wrinkle Bug - Cyclopelta parva

Body dark brown , dull . Length 12 to 15 mm , oval, 6 to 10 mm width of the body . Small head, antennae black , 4 second , three little flat . After the top half of pronotum and scutellum , there are many fine transverse wrinkles , so that small wrinkle bug . Scutellum leading edge of the center is a red and yellow dots , sometimes the end also has a small yellow dot . Scutellum triangular , covered abdomen fourth quarter . Its base edge of the central often brown or reddish-brown small spots on the back of the abdomen is red-brown , the central sections of both side edges with red brown horizontal stripes ; ventral reddish brown. Barbed leg section below . Fecundity ventral slightly concave section , longitudinal, deep concave trailing edge ; ventral male reproductive integrity section , slightly swelled, the trailing edge of the arc-shaped . Eggs are barrel-shaped , beige initially produced , hatching pink or dark brown. Egg length of 0.8 to 1 mm , width of 0.8 to 0.95 mm, egg cover eggs. An age when body length of 1.7 to 2 mm , head width 0.5 to 0.8 mm . Pink when newly hatched , when nearly peeling head and chest become red -brown. Between the compound eyes and antennae dark red . Abdomen reddish . 5th instar ( last instar , mature nymphs ) 12 to 14 mm in length , head width of 1.7 to 2 mm . Pronotum with two semicircular brown symmetrical pattern, scutellum triangle , edge color depth.
Soil surface a one generation to adults gathered under the acacia trees in the winter, wintering places overgrown with weeds . In mid- March the following year began overwintering activities often climbed out activities at noon , before sunset back to the surface, but not feeding. With the weather warming, the overwintering adults will not return to the surface, mostly concentrated in the relatively early germination of weeds and locust rhizosphere . Locust blossom ( April , the mid- ) start feeding on acacia sap began in mid- May mating, spawning began in mid- June , late June to mid- July peak of spawning , spawning in early August to late . In late June the eggs begin to hatch eggs duration of approximately 15 days ; nymph focused on egg masses around 1-4 years old shoot feeding, duration of approximately 55 days , nymphs peeling five mid-August after emergence . Adults since late September under a tree in winter , to early November all into hibernation sites .
Located in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan , Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places. Hazard locust , Amorpha , lespedeza , Ge of other garden plants , mainly in the nymph cluster sucking when the victim shoots of plants, saplings of whole dead cause serious harm.