A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Mature plum fruits may have a dusty-white waxy coating that gives them a glaucous appearance. This is an epicuticular wax coating and is known as "wax bloom". Dried plums are called prunes, which have a dark, wrinkled appearance.
A cherry blossom is a flower of many trees of genus Prunus or Prunus subg. Cerasus. They are also known as Japanese cherry and Sakura. They generally refer to ornamental cherry trees, not to cherry trees that produce fruit for eating. It is considered the national flower of Japan.
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described, slightly more than half from the Eastern Hemisphere. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as the Chrysomelidae. The scientific name of this beetle family goes back to a figure from Greek mythology: after an argument with nymphs, the shepherd Cerambus was transformed into a large beetle with horns.
Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. No scientists have yet seen a larva of this genus, although in Fiji, where three different species occur, the natives consider them to be a rare and special delicacy.
The giant Fijian long-horned beetle is native to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 15 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or jaws. It is closely related to the Taveuni beetle, which is only marginally smaller. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive—when threatened, they produce a loud and fearsome hissing noise by squeezing air out from under their elytra. Various websites and other resources incorrectly indicate that this species is extinct; it is not, though the forest habitat on its home island is somewhat limited, so the beetle is potentially quite vulnerable.
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.
The Trictenotomidae are a small family of beetles in the suborder Polyphaga containing fifteen species in two genera. Most species are found in the Oriental realm where they live in montane forest habitats. The family is considered, based on larval characters as well as sequence-based studies, to be closely related to the Salpingidae.
Xylotrupes is a genus of rhinoceros beetles, with more than 25 species and subspecies distributed worldwide, but especially in Asia.
Macrotoma is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Strongylaspis is a genus of beetles in the longhorn beetle family, Cerambycidae.
Dorysthenes buqueti, the sugarcane longhorn stemborer, is a species of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Prioninae.
Nemophas is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Sybra pascoei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lameere in 1893.
Epepeotes schlegelii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lansberge in 1884. It is known from Sumatra.
Liatongus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family. At least part of the upper surfaces are without hairs; the head and pronotal disc are generally sculptured; and the genae are rounded, with little or no indentation between the clypeus and the genae. Length ranges from 7.4 to 10.9 mm. Colours vary: they may be uniform brown or dull purple, or have red, white or yellow patterns on the elytra.
Acanthophorus serraticornis is a species of prionine longhorn beetles from the Indian subcontinent and is the sole species in the genus Acanthophorus. Some species that were formerly included in the genus are now placed in other genera.
Prionomma atratum is a species of longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India.
Anomophysis plagiata is a species of longhorn beetle native to Central Asia including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Laos.
Neoplocaederus obesus, commonly known as Cashew stem borer or Red cocoon-making longhorn, is a species of longhorn beetle native to South Asian and South East Asian countries.
Baralipton dohrni is a species of longhorn beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.
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