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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Waitwaiwait it’s #invertefest already 👀👀 a little busy so here’s a tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis) I saw two days ago.

A beetle with a round outline. It has widely expanded transparent pronotum and elytra, giving it a spherical shape. The centre of the beetle appears to be shiny gold-plated, extending to four corners of its elytra and parts of the pronotum, making the gold parts of the beetle resemble a sea turtle. It’s resting on a monocot leaf, facing an opening of a dense jungle.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

4. Cherry Magic (anime; still watching) Here’s why I started watching it: Straight guy friend sent me a reel of a girl holding the manga saying “I think you’d like this”, as a half-joke. He’s aware that I(m starting to) like BL. I looked it up. English name is “Cherry Magic”. Hey I’ve heard of it.

The anime cover for “Cherry Magic: 30 years of virginity can make you a wizard?!). Our protagonists in office attire are walking together in front of cherry blossoms while two characters are behind them.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

3. School trip: joined a group I’m not close to Self explanatory title. I don’t have a lot to say about this show, a bit cliche but oh my god so cute. I couldnt stop grinning the entire time, and because I watch it at night I end up being unable to sleep from how flared up I am after each episode.

Cover of “School trip: joined a group I’m not close to”. Under a sky blue filter, two boys in school uniform staring at each other inside a classroom, One with black hair sits on a table, while the standing brunette has his right arm next to the other boy, holding onto a railing.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

2. 月食奇譚 (Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart, stupid long name!) Also by mangaka Syundei, and a dramatic tone shift compared to previous work mentioned. This one is more in line with other works of Syundei, being more dark. Still a memorable read, despite the plot taking some time to understand.

Book cover of 月食奇譚 Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart. A boy in glasses (Hoshino) is seen holding the unconscious body of a short boy (Yamada), with a long rope surrounding their necks and hand. A noose and a lunar eclipse is seen above Hoshino’s head.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

1. Go for it! Nakamura This slice of life romcom was the one which first piqued my interest and has been my recent obsession. Loved it so much I read fanfiction, bought merchandise and the first volume manga in Japan (without knowing Japanese so I manually translated each page w Google).

cover for the “Go for it! Nakamura” anime. A flustered boy with a bowl cut? in Japanese school uniform puts his right hand at the chest and his left hand clenching on his bag. Behind him is the face of the main interest with short, curly chestnut hair and big brown eyes, framed in a heart. Next to them are other characters in the show framed in a star shape.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Received a letter from the University of Hong Kong, I’ll be starting my studies as a science undergrad this September (where I’ll hopefully major in ecology soon). Here’s a katydid, which I’ve mentioned in my interview as one of the overlooked insect fauna here which I hope to understand. 👁️

A bright green bush cricket/katydid with large, leaf-like wings, covering its body besides the head and limbs. The wingtips of the insect incline upwards, making it look much like a leaf from the side. and its wings have 2 small brown patches on it.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hello, I haven’t updated in quite some time. I’ve finished my university entrance exams. During this break, I like to keep myself busy when I feel like being productive. I would rather doomscroll when I feel lazy, so Im not active on social media. Until then, here’s a drawing I made in an hour.

Ink drawing of the stag beetle Odontolabis alces.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hello, my old friend A few weeks ago, I went looking for stick insects. While there is not a single one of those in sight, I saw a tree with 6 or so of these longan lanternflies (Pyrops candelaria), and I knew I had to get a good photo of one. #bugsky

To Up close photo of peculiar looking, cicada-like insects on a tree (only one in focus). It has wings with a black base but dense, green venation, making them essentially green. The wings have yellow spots bordered in white. This red-bodied insect has a long rostrum with white spots over its schnozz.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Life update Uni entrance exams are breaking me apart. I have 6 weeks left but progress feels slow. I’m not sure how well my established knowledge holds. I went birding with my two best friends, it made me think that I don’t deserve them. I still plan on posting more bugs! When I have time.

A magpie with a long tail. It has blue body and a black head, there’s a thick white stripe along its head. Almost like a stroke of a paint brush. It has red legs and beak.

It stands on the root of a tree, with an earthworm in its beak.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

also the toys brought are the best things ever I need the Sinosauopteryx plushie 🥺

A posable toy of the pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach, a rhamphorhynchid pterosaur with a long snout and exposed, conical teeth.

chibi plush toy of the dinosaur Sinosauopteryx, a feathered theropod dinosaur with reddish brown feathers and a banded tail.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Awesome talk by none other than @nataliajagielska.bsky.social ! I can hear her talk for ages (and especially about crazy people throughout history).

Screen of a presentation titled “Women in Science: The Invisible Women and Their Dinosaurs” in a lecture hall

Whiteboard drawing of the dinosaur Sinosauropteryx, a small feathered theropod dinosaur with a banded tail

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Perhaps even lesser known is that they come in blue. This is a specimen I got and it seems to be a much more uncommon aberration than purple individuals.

Diagonal view of a large, black beetle with three long horns protruding outwards then curving towards each other, one on the head and the other on its prothorax. It has a metallic blue sheen, particularly prominent at the margins of its elytra.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

the Atlas beetle along with two other species belongs in the genus Chalcosoma, which means “bronze body”. This is a fitting name, considering they often have a bronze or metallic green sheen. But do you know they come in purple? I do, but I never expected to ever find one in the wild! #InverteFest

Top view of black rhinoceros beetle with relatively small horns. It has a spoon-shaped cephalic horn and two prong-like thoracic horns facing forward. It has a purple sheen.

Side view of the same rhinoceros beetle, with a hornless female on the left. The purple sheen is better seen in this photo.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Happy #invertefest! I was going to tell everyone how much I love this beautiful Pseudophyllus titan I got, unfortunately she refused to eat and passed away today 😞 that’s just how bug keeping goes, isn’t it?

A bright green katydid with wing buds. Her legs are spiny, has an ovipositor, and the pronotum is lined in white.

Front view of the katydid. It has a blocky, stout head.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

In the little speck that is Hong Kong lives a tarantula. Well, not a very big one. Phlogiellus is a genus of tiny tarantulas which can be found even in urban environments. Members of the genus can only be identified by dissection and this specimen appears to be P. bogadeki, described in 2016.

A small, hairy spider (tarantula) in a vial, submerged in alcohol.

The prolateral view of the spider’s chelicerae. It has a large fang, black serrations on the anterior side.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

They’re quite hard to find… only time is when I found one under a longhorn beetle. You can try sifting leaf litter though they are more easily found this way

A tiny (2mm) brown scorpion-like bug (with no tail) on the side of my index finger

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Hello Bluesky. Contrary to its name, i am typing this when Hong Kong is hit by a super typhoon. Last Sunday, I got my hands on this gorgeous stag beetle (Odontolabis stevensi duivenbodei), endemic to Sangihe Island. I look forward to breeding them. #inverts

A male stag beetle with a black head. It has short, curved mandibles. Its pronotum and the centre of its elytra are blood red. It has an orange border on its elytra, and between the two colours is black.

The female stag beetle has the same pattern, but it has a smaller head.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Tonight I saw 3 moon moths (Actias ningpoana) in a single walk. This is the third brood of the year, with the last one coming in October. #invertefest

A pale green moth with long “tails” on each hindwing. It rests upside down on a tree.

Another of the same species of moth. In this photo you can see a red border on the anterior margin of its forewings, and its white body. It suffered some wear and tear, including a missing “tails” on the right hindwing. Its normally pink tail has faded. It rests on the ground.

Side view of the same moth, now on a grey fabric (my pants).

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

In my trip to Taiwan I visited a few beetle stores including Insect Jungle, which offers an incredible variety of pet beetles and supplies. They include Rhaetus westwoodi, one of the most prized stag beetles, and Dynastes satanas which is rare in the wild, among other uncommon species. #invertefest

The entrance of Insect Jungle inside a garage. It has glass doors with beetle posters plastered all over the entrance.

The interior of the store. There are shelves of labelled, transparent plastic boxes where beetles live. There also are display cases of dead beetles and pet beetle/entomological supplies Posters of beetles are seen all over the walls.

A black rhinoceros beetle with thoracic and cephalic horns of similar length. On the bottom of its thoracic horn and below is a dense, orange pubescence. It is labelled as “Dynastes satanas”, 74mm. A pair of the beetles costs 2000 NTD.

Side view of a jet black stag beetle with its head poking out of some sphagnum moss. Its downwards-curving mandibles have a rhomboid “shield” at the base, a protrusion in the middle and ends with a fork. It is labelled R. westwoodi westwoodi, 85.5mm along. One single male beetle costs 32000 NTD.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

For #invertefest here’s a lovely specimen of what is IMO one of the coolest stag beetles in Taiwan - Neolucanus maximus. Found at midnight when summer comes to an end, their unique mandibles have earned the nickname “dragon’s tooth” given by enthusiasts.

Top view of a splayed specimen of a shiny black stag beetle with a small, trapezoid head. It has large mandibles which curve slightly and end with around 5 serrations

When viewed from the side, the mandibles has two points which protrude upwards and outwards, one large point at the base and a smaller one near the end, somewhat like the horns of a dragon

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

With larvae weighing over 250 grams and adults weighing only a quarter of its larval weight, Megasoma rex is the heaviest insect in the world. It is split from Megasoma actaeon in 2018, based on small morphological differences and geographical isolation. #invertefest

A marker drawing of a rhinoceros beetle with a bulky body. It has large, conical thoracic horns protruding parallel to its cephalic horn, with has an inner “tooth” pointing outwards and ends with a fork.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Leaf insects are one of the rarest phasmids in HK, with no specimens in museums and only a few photos online. They have been high on my wishlist, then I saw what looked like a bizarre assassin bug. I still couldn’t believe what I found. Happy #InverteFest !!!!

A red stick insect with a flat abdomen and lobed legs (leaf insect). It stands idle among brown and green leaf litter.

Head shot of the stick insect, with its arms extending forwards. It hangs upside down on a branch.

The insect, viewed from the roof on my hand. It’s around a centimetre long.

Lateral view of the same bug on a stick, upside down. There are white patches on its legs.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Largest cicada in the world! Megapomponia imperatoria (empress cicada) came to the moth sheet at Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia. #bugsky #inverts

Rusty brown, long bodied cicada with transparent wings with a few spots. It is on a white sheet.

The cicada zoomed in. On the centre of the thorax is a black •w• mark.

Cicada next to band. Its body alone is as long as my middle finger

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I found this beauty dead by the road. It is Amplypterus panopus, one of the largest sphingids in HK. As a male, it only has a wingspan of 13cm, but females can reach 17cm. As it likely lived a long life, the moth is a bit battered and lost much of its striking colours. #teammoth #inverts

A tan moth with a large body and long wingspan. It has a dark brown thorax, body and base of wing. At the middle section of the forewing and the apical margins of the hind wing creates of dark brown, somewhat straight border. It has eye spots at the lower end of its forewings. It has a large patch of pink on each of its hindwings.

The underside of the moth is tan, brown and near the body, yellow, resembling fallen autumn leaves.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

One of my favourite stag beetles (Hexarthrius parryi) 😇 Hailing from much of Southeast Asia, members of the genus are notorious for their fierce personality. They give off a powerful aura. #inverts #bugsky

Top view of a shiny black stag beetle with orange oval patches on its elytra. Its head has a bump on each side and mandibles expand outwards in a straight line and curve inwards, with “teeth” only at the end.

Diagonal, horizontal view of the aforementioned beetle, feeding on a brown jelly. Here, you can see its downward-curving mandibles and a large fork on its mandibles.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Always excited to see this fellow when May returns. Irura bidenticulata 🙂 #inverts

A flat jumping spider when a metallic purple sheen. Its body is covered in shiny gold patches. It has enlarged forearms

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This is a very fresh Polyphemus moth… not sure what part of it is damaged. If you want damaged wings, check out this Atlas moth.

A very large moth, with a missing left forewing. The right forewing tip is gone, its wings have turned a drab brown, its pink lines at the middle section of the wings still remain, and it has white triangles at each centre of its three remaining wings.

The moth is as big as my hand which I placed next to.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Hong Kong finished CNC with another third place in species‼️ We have always performed pretty well every year. I didn’t have many other chances to go out unfortunately, only ~80 species. Due to a forecasted period of showers, Friday and Saturday looked a bit pessimistic, but it all turned out fine?

City
Observations
Species
People
Cochabamba, Bolivia
109,423
7,134
3,230
San Antonio Metro Area, United
States of America
133,953
5,409
2,632
Hong Kong, China
37,571
5,033
1,110
Graz bis zum Vulkanland, Austria
52,591
4,830
487
Area Metropolitana La Paz, Bolivia
148,865
4,721
3,321
Dallas/Fort Worth, United States of
America
72,035
4,339
1,853
Houston-Galveston, United States of
America
45,062
4,202
1,228
Macao SAR, China, China
64,664
4,183
1,009

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sea roomba (Tachypleus tridentatus) type of night ‼️‼️ they are much more common than I thought (we saw ~30 tonight), but the apparent decrease in population is worrying.

A grey horseshoe crab with a shed facing diagonally on its abdomen, like a pair of horseshoe crabs mating. They are on sand.

A line-up of 3 horseshoe crab shells on a hand from big (left) to small (right).

Too view of the shed of a horseshoe crab, to the left of a significantly bigger horseshoe crab.

A horseshoe crab buried into the sand. A lump of sand is formed on top of where its body is. Only outline of the telson and a trail on the sand is visible.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Wowowoww. Super cooperative horned ghost crab. So handsome. #inverts

A ghost crab with a deep red, boxy body and white, warty claws. It has eyes with slit pseudopupils and long horns coming from the top of its eyes.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Good job to everyone who said B. Uraniidae. Now what is this? A. Uraniidae B. Zygaenidae C. Papilionidae D. Geometridae E. Noctuidae

A white moth with an orange border along its wings. It has beige stripes which run along its wings and sharp, swallow-like protrusions on its hindwings.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Test your moth knowledge! What family does this moth belong to? A. Bombycidae B. Uraniidae C. Pterophoridae D. Tineodidae E. None of the above #inverts

A beige moth with straight, thin wings spread horizontally, making it resemble a T with the vertical component being much wider than the horizontal. It hindwings, lined up with its body, is light-coloured and veined like a leaf.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#InverteFest has already ended. Anyways, here’s a cool bug I got secondhand - a Chilean stag beetle, posed lifelike (i failed miserably - old specimens are hard to relax…) These used to be cheap until they become protected. Now there is a small supply, at least they won’t get Darwin’d any time soon.

Diagonal view stag beetle with a trapezoid prothorax, in metallic green and purple. Its small head boasts long, metallic gold/green mandibles which arch upwards, with two shorter spines under its long curved mandibles. It also has freakishly long legs.

A closer look (prothorax and head) at a stag beetle with a trapezoid prothorax, in metallic green and purple. Its small head boasts long, metallic gold/green mandibles which arch upwards, with two shorter spines under its long curved mandibles, Just next to the lamellae of its antennae are tufts of fuzz.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

From Day 3/4 of #InverteFest. City Nature Challenge has ended, I only got 1 chance to go out but it will be enough moths for me to post for a week or so. Anyway, so selected cool moths. Writing descriptions for some is quite tedious!

A black tiger moth with pale pink wings. It has a longitudinal black bar on its wings. (Creatonotos fasciatus)

A yellow Geometrid moth, with large , brown ovals on each end of the wing and a large, brown patch at the centre of the moth, shaped like an upside-down Hershey’s kisses. It has a more vibrant brown, horizontal zigzag pattern on each oval.

Two Geometrid moths next to each other. On the left, a yellow moth with black bands on its abdomen, black spot on each left hind wing along with a few stripes. The apical half of its forewings is a very dark blue, with small white cubic patches. (Dysphania militaris)
To the right, a white moth, with short “swallowtails” on each hindwing. There are thin caramel stripes running from forewing to hindwing (Ourapteryx clara).

A hot pink moth with a yellow head. Its black wing veins are visible. It rests on a plant between its leaves and small flowers.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Day 3 (I was informed Sat. was day 3, not 4) of #InverteFest: a seriously fine moth, the aptly-named Ramadasa pavo. I let out a little gasp when @hkmoths.bsky.social mentioned its name when we were checking the traps. Though it flew away shortly after, it soon arrived again.

Top view of a light tan moth with its wings in resting position. The first half of its forewings are covered in thin, mottled green-ish marks, with a black-banded costal margin. It is bordered by a thin black mark, in the shape of a very wide U across its forewings, lined with an another thin, dirty brown outside of the inner layer of the forewings. Near the costal margin, after the black border is a metallic blue, spine-like mark which protrudes downwards on each wing. A black (lined w metallic green) 7-shaped mark the border of the apical region on each wing. There is a brown spot just on top of each 7.

The same moth viewed from the side. Note it has three small, tan spine-like protrusions running along the base of its abdomen, like one would see on a cartoon drawing of a dinosaur.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Day 4/5 (when the insects were spotted) of #InverteFest: Maybe people aren’t as enthusiastic about the twig mantis as I was. But I know what the Internet loves, the mega-moths. (Attacus atlas, Actias ningpoana, Erebus ephesperis, Lyssa zampa).

A pale green moth with white body and a red lining on its forewings. Its hindwings have a long extension, as long as its body.
It has eye spots on each of the wings.

A brown moth of various shades. At the middle of its forewings are large eyespots. The middle section of each wing combine to make a purple semi-circular line. It has a small white patch at the apex of each wing.

A brown moth with two “tails” on its hindwings. The inner pair is longer than the outer pair.
There is a dark-and-light, longitudinal line which runs through the middle of both the front and hindwings.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Day 4/5 of #InverteFest: While not as flamboyant as other Hymenopodidae, the Asian twig mantis (Ambivia undata) is a master of disguise. Its warty, grey body resembles a twig, and it stretches its forearms to blend in. One of HK’s rare mantises, and probably the hardest I’ve screamed for an animal.

Diagonal view of a grey, mottled mantis with a cylindrical body. It has a small horn on its head. It rests on a fresh fern leaf surrounded by dead ones. It stretches its forearms to resemble a twig.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A submission for #InverteFest : quick drawing of Rhaetus westwoodi, a one-of-a-kind stag beetle from the eastern Himalayas. It is highly prized in the pet/specimen trade, but very obscure outside of it. Being very rare, little is known about its biology and egg-laying habits.

Ink drawing of a black stag beetle. In the inner part of its mandibles is a rhombus-shaped “shield”. It arches outwards, ending in a small “fork” and little bits of teeth.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Day 1 of #InverteFest, still can’t go outside to find some bugs yet🙃 But today I was back sorting some leaf litter samples from Borneo. Not a lot of special stuff, but here’s a nice looking beetle.

A typical looking darkling beetle with red leg. It has a tall-ish, brown body with little bumps all over its pronotum and elytra.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Happy #InverteFest ! Here’s the molt of a little tri-spine horseshoe crab. Two days ago at the beach, I was not expecting to find anything special… so we started picking up rubbish instead, when my friend showed me a lunch box w/ a molt stuck on some algae ‼️ She was kind enough to let me keep it (:

A tan-coloured molt of a small horseshoe crab. It is rotund and spiny.

The horseshoe crab, stuck upside-down on some dried algae (?). It is placed inside a lunch box (not found in one!)

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The majestic birdwing (Troides), high up in the canopy, wayyyy tooo high up. 🙃

A blurry photo of a butterfly with large black angled forewings. It has yellow hindwings.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

On a side note, US beetles are very popular too, while Dynastes tityus and grantii are popular and widely available, Lucanus elaphus are uncommon and expensive. This is a confirmed captive world record of Dynastes tityus (71mm!) from a beetle store in my area.

A yellow beetle with equally long, black thoracic and cephalic horns. The thoracic horns is nearly as long as the body. Its elytra has black wrinkly marks.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Here’s a second, ridiculous litter monster ant (Myrmoteras sp.) from leaf litter samples in a secondary forest in Borneo, this time a much better photo. It has eyes which look like they might cry any time soon…

Front view of an orange/brown ant. It has large “angry” eyes like that of a wasp on its triangular head and slender, toothed mandibles. It has long antennae spread sideways. It has a thorax shaped like a stubby spoon (with the head being the front part) and a short bulbous abdomen.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

one of the most common beetles in Hong Kong are the tiger beetles. While in earthbanks dwell the gold-spotted tiger beetle, this flightless tiger beetle (Tricondyla pulchripes) is found in the forests. #inverts

portrait of a black tiger beetle with large protruding eyes. I has legs with red femora.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

this is a record-breaking male of Dynastes tityus (previous record is 69.5mm…) from the beetle store Discovery Beetles. It has been submitted for verification and results might soon be published on the magazine Be-Kuwa. At first glance, it looked more like Dynastes hyllus… #クワカブ #inverts

A yellow rhinoceros beetle with moderately sized and equal thoracic and cephalic horns, coloured in black.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

during the wet season, stalk-eye flies emerge from pristine streams to mate. They are very territorial, fighting off potential intruders on a leaf…but that means they’re not very skittish and can be easily handled.

A slender fly with spines protruding out of its thorax. Its red eyes branch out from its head like a hammerhead shark.

Blurry photo of two stalk-eye flies in a standoff. The right one waves its black and white wings.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

the bugs are not as abundant yet, but warming (still fluctuating) temperatures bring about some to remedy my withdrawal. Today at the public bathroom, a day-flying moth (Clelea sapphirina).

moth with metallic blue head, limbs and antenna. Marks of metallic blue scales can also be found on its black wings.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Poster from the beetle shop Mushi Sha on the world’s largest beetles on a 1:1 scale 😳 As cool as it is, it’s really funny Goliathus is still crowned as the heaviest beetle based on the misinformed data of 100g. (The title probably belongs to Megasoma rex, shown at the bottom next to the weevil).

A white poster with life-size photos of the world’s largest beetles, including rhinoceros, stag, longhorn, ladybird, ground, click etc. beetles and weevils.below is a regular calendar of 2025.

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Shloop 𓅃 @bugwizardshloop.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Chalybion bengalense Maldives A widespread and common species in South and Southeast Asia, very found in a wide range of habitats including urban areas and even the atolls of Maldives. In Hong Kong it is somewhat rare with C. japonicum being the dominant species.

Side view of a slender, metallic blue wasp with a narrow tube-like petiole. It has a round head and fine white hairs all over its body.

Portrait of the wasp, including fine details such as its white setae and pores on its metallic blue head.

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