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Assorted tropical bugs

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Sleeping bee (Genus: Amegilla; sub-genus: Glossamegilla - info credit: Zestin Soh and Doug Yanega). Selangor,
Malaysia.
ImageSleeping Bee IMG_9783 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Emerging cicada. Quite a common sight in the forest at night.
ImageEmerging cicada IMG_0737 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

I thought it was an ant until I checked it out via my macro lens :D. Nymphs of Leptoderes (leaf mimic katydid)?. Perhaps Leptoderes ornatipennis?
ImageAnt-mimic katydid IMG_9952 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Snake-mimic caterpillar? Sphingidae -Eupanacra sp. - ID suggested by Roger Kendrick. Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageAnt-mimic katydid Snake-mimic caterpillar IMG_0618 stk copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

ImageSnake-mimic caterpillar IMG_0606 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Tiger Beetle. Cylindela (Verticina) versicolor (Macleay, 1825) - IDed by Hideo Akiyama . Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ImageCylindela (Verticina) versicolor IMG_0164 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Bee-mimic moth? When I first saw it, I thought it was a stingless bee (Tetrigona sp.). Family: Sesiidae - Tribe: Melittia (suggested by Vlada Hula). Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageBee-mimic moth IMG_9769 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr
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