Litchi lantern bug
Pyrops candelaria
The litchi lantern bug is a colourful planthopper with a long reddish snout covered in white spots. Its back wings are bright yellow orange with black tips. Collectors love it because it is so beautiful.
Lives in
Southern China and Southeast Asia, in fruit trees and forests
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
It pokes its long thin mouth through tree bark to drink sap, especially from lychee and longan trees.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Litchi lantern bug about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is called a lanternfly, but it does not glow at all.
2
The long nose on its head is called a cephalic process.
3
It likes lychee and longan trees, which is where its name comes from.
you asked
Most asked questions about Litchi lantern bug
?Does the lantern bug glow?
No. It is called a lanternfly, but it does not make light.
?What does the litchi lantern bug eat?
Tree sap, mostly from lychee and longan trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pyrops candelaria
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Fulgoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Fulgoridae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Lanternfly
Where the facts come from
- Pyrops candelaria (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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