Some Insects from Mexico (Id like some IDs!!!)

[scorpio]

Hey,

First post in years around here, Ive since lost interest in keeping bugs, but I was just in Mexico and I took some pictures of some bugs that I would like ID'ed

The pictures are pretty cool too.

Dont really need an ID on this next one, but I found these ants carrying this dead cockroach up a vertical surface. Really incredible thing to see.

And I found this squashed on the road.

Also, this was at an archaeological site. It is a path, roughly 40 feet long made by ants.

That's all. If you have any identification for any of them please post it here.

Also, if you have any interest in seeing unrelated photos of my trip, here is the link to the gallery.

http://www.pbase.com/mavroleon/mexico_2006

Thanks.

 

[CustomNature]

Wow, that first beetle looks like it has a pseudoscorpion hitching a ride on it!

 

[Gigas]

Im sorry i can't hellp with ID's but those are some very nice pictures!

 

[CopperInMyVeins]

Wow, that first beetle looks like it has a pseudoscorpion hitching a ride on it!

Haha, beat me to it, I was about to comment on the same thing, very cool picture.

 

[cacoseraph]

phoresy rocks!

i didn't even notice the pscorp!

 

[pedipalp_girl]

Here's the best I can do:
Pic 3 looks like some sort of assassin bug nymph
Pics 4&5 look like some sort of true bug based on the body shapes
Pic 7 is a vinegaroon, neat little creatures
Christy

 

[insect714]

Pic 2 appears to be a Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardii or a close relative

 

[scorpio]

Hah. I never noticed that.

Heres a better view.

 

[LongDucDong]

#5 is a leaf-footed/legged bug of sorts (true bugs). And the squashed bug is a vinegaroon (I dont know them that well, so I cant give genus or species name)...

 

[kelvinychen]

I'm pretty sure #5 is a Anisocelis affinis
and #1 should be Chalcolepidius zonatus
As for the vinegaroon...Mastigoproctus giganteus or something similar...
that's the best i can do...

 

[edventurous77]

pic one seems to be a click bug/beetle dont know if im right because insects/beetles aint my speciality:? . anyways all i no is that the use tha middle section to flick themselves in the air and when they do it makes a clock sound. they use it to re right themselves.nice finds

 

[edventurous77]

o yer an 4 is a shield bug i think

 

[~Abyss~]

i dont think the firsr beatle has a pseudoscorp it looks like an actual scorp....

 

[ftorres]

Id on insects

HEllo all,
the little scorpion like on the Clicks Beetle's back might be a speudoscorpion.
regards
FT

 

[Canfire]

4 is a stink bug i was readin a book about em

 

[Dorcus]

The little ''scorpion'' is indeed a pseudoscorpion... I think it's a Neobisium maritimum.

 

[~Abyss~]

yeah i suppose it is it's just that the beatles leg made me thin it had a tail and telson