Insect and Spider Identification: BEE....WHO..??, 1 by LEO88

LEO88 wrote:
yeh... I actually have the Borror & White book... they show a "small, rounded, jugal lobe" on the rear hind wing of Nomadini... my photos don't show this lobe; but they they tend to fold their wings back at rest. I'll have to capture a specimen for close examination. I haven't had so much entertainment watching insects in a long time... these guys put on a great show..!! I sat down right in the middle of the area, & they didn't appear to be disturbed by my intrusion at all... they just continued with their mating behaviour... one individual even used my big toe as his favorite perch..!! Clepto-parasites... that was a new one for me.

Wikipedia notes about Nomadini:

"Another unusual behavioral habit seen in adults of various genera is that they will frequently "sleep" while grasping onto plant stems or leaves with only their mandibles."

I have not seen this 'sleeping' behavior. but....noting "large, long mandibles" used for grasping plant stems while sleeping... as in this photo I shot....
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