Does the Lantern Bug glow at night?
These beautiful, intricate bugs are often found on tree trunks - particularly lychee and longan trees - around Hong Kong. Found across the Asian tropics the Lantern bug (pyrops candelaria) is a weird and wonderful insect: it has a head that is produced into a hollow structure resembling a rhino horn often nearly as large as its body, six legs, extremely varied and brilliant contrasting coloration, the mouth of a mosquito, and often stays for generations on the same tree. Its