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Flashy! Lanternbug - Pyrops maquilinganus with wings opened showing it&#039;s striking wings membrane.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/134597/lanternbug_-_pyrops_maquilinganus.html" title="Lanternbug - Pyrops maquilinganus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/134597_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=1xgrIwiVcmrKjfxeSz552BcxZds%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Lanternbug - Pyrops maquilinganus This was a very lucky find by my local friend, who were doing night walk for the first time at a Hill behind their house.<br /> Lucky because the first one we found a day before was not on its host tree, and it was among some foliage not typical of a place where you would found them. Unfortunately, it was on a slope and we couldn&#039;t get a good angle to take the side shots to show the &#039;snout&#039; which is the key feature of Lanterbugs.<br /> <br /> I went back to the trail on my own the following night, couldn&#039;t find it among the same foliage but found 3 of them on the tree trunk down from the slope we found the first one and this tree is the host tree of this beautiful critter.<br /> <br /> Went back again to check on them a week later and true enough on the same very tree, there were still 3 of them :D<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/134596/flashy.html Anilao,Batangas,Hopper,Lanternbug,Philippines,Planthopper,Pyrops maquilinganus" /></a></figure> Anilao,Batangas,Hopper,Lanternbug,Philippines,Planthopper,Pyrops maquilinganus Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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Lanternbug - Pyrops maquilinganus with wings opened showing it's striking wings membrane.

Lanternbug - Pyrops maquilinganus This was a very lucky find by my local friend, who were doing night walk for the first time at a Hill behind their house.<br /> Lucky because the first one we found a day before was not on its host tree, and it was among some foliage not typical of a place where you would found them. Unfortunately, it was on a slope and we couldn't get a good angle to take the side shots to show the 'snout' which is the key feature of Lanterbugs.<br /> <br /> I went back to the trail on my own the following night, couldn't find it among the same foliage but found 3 of them on the tree trunk down from the slope we found the first one and this tree is the host tree of this beautiful critter.<br /> <br /> Went back again to check on them a week later and true enough on the same very tree, there were still 3 of them :D<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/134596/flashy.html Anilao,Batangas,Hopper,Lanternbug,Philippines,Planthopper,Pyrops maquilinganus

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Amazing! Posted 3 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
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      It is and also a rare find :D Posted 3 years ago

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The Pyrops maquilinganus

Pyrops maquilinganus is a species of Lanternbug from the Family Pyrops maquilinganus.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded May 7, 2022. Captured May 1, 2022 21:40.
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  • TG-6
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO250
  • 18mm

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