Cerobasis longicornis

Hmpppfff ... took this to be the nymph of Marcenendius fortunatus, as I found it together with an adult of that species, but closer inspection shows that cannot be right. Should be some Cerobasis this - with a few species to choose from on La Palma ... needs further work ...
Work done :o) : Cerobasis longicornis based on the somewhat larger wing-stubs with brown spots and the colour pattern on the legs.
As this seems to be the first photo of the species I can easily find on the web, I've decided to also upload a small collage with some shots of details:

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

It looks like in the future we need something higher order than a species intro, we need a "web intro". Nice pioneering work! Posted 5 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ferdy - I have managed to get quite a few of these "web intro" species images on La Palma :o)
  Maybe I should tag these accordingly :-P
  P.S. Come to think of it, I'm sure that the likes of Christine, Lisa, Albert, Martin, Rui, Yourself and others here may have build up a considerable portfolio of these over the years :o) Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I'm saying personally perhaps 5-10 I'm sure of, alongside a pool of hundreds ID-ed to the genus level where it's possible, as the genus isn't even documented. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Pudding4brains
      
      Lion
      
      It's a shame that your images are sometimes so hard to identify (for lack of knowledge) as you pamper us with loads and loads of interesting species from all your trips and JD does really well in making the contents pop up high in the results of search engines, so it's very worthwhile to have species on JD that we do find names for, in terms of making these "available" on the web. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        That's true, it's in fact the obscurity of entries that make them rank highly on Google search as for well known keywords, JD can't compete. This is why I'm so mechanical in my image titles, it's the main way to rank:
        
        Species (or genus) - doing what, Region, Country
        
        Overall, we have an ID ratio of 86% total, which is quite good. But also deceiving as that 14% unidentified can be quite a lot of species.
        
        I've also learned that not just species can be obscure, also entire categories and even entire countries. It's not that we would be the first to set foot in the category or the country, nor are we the first to photograph there. We're the first to actually bother putting them on the web with a proper description.
        
        In other words, not only is our hobby fun, it's also meaningful. And open ended :)
        
        Posted 5 years ago