Beautiful lantern bug Pyrops heringi

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Pyrops heringi, from Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Heavily cropped

Pyrops heringi IMG_0926 crop copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr


We looked for it for 4 days but this was the only one we found. Couldn't get any closer because the tree was on a slope.


Cropped from this shot.

IMG_0926 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr


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I always love your work. It always provokes some story in my mind. This one reminds me of that child's tale of the animal that is trying to find its mother, the way it is looking up at the tangled moss like a confused and lost little youngster saying "Are you my mother?".