The Japanese stripe borer that results of the Tianmu Mountain Research Examination

The Tianmu Mountain Research Examination was successfully concluded, and the 4 groups of students observed and collected more than 70 species of insects, and sorted out and made more than 150 insect specimens, which can be described as a full harvest. After collation and identification, a total of 3 Specimens of Japanese Stripe Borer were collected.

The Japanese stripe borer belongs to the order Orthoptera, also known as dew borer, plum rain insect, and spotted green ant. Its shape is very similar to that of the ridge ant, with a slender and narrow body shape, with a body length of 15 to 20 mm, and up to 35 to 40 mm from the top of the head to the end of the wing. The tentacles of the Japanese stripe ant are yellow or yellowish brown, and there is also a dry color, called the dry color type. There are black spots on the wings. The hindwings are long and well-developed, stacked under the forewings and extend beyond the forewings. The forewings are narrow and long, exceeding the end of the hindfoot femoral segment. The dorsal back of the head is yellowish brown , and this pigment extends to the thorax , dorsal plate , and the back of the forewings. The hind feet of the Japanese stripe ant are slender. The male has a long, narrow, forked, long flakey tail whiskers with knife-shaped ends. The female laying lobes are broad and short, sickle-shaped and curved upwards.