Funny, long, or just plain weird animal names

[birdfishgirl]

I recently came across The Joker https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/220088-Feralia-jocosa

I also have a whole list of these lol

[reclassifier]

Doesn’t look like its on INat yet.

[nilshelstrom]

Has anyone mentioned the Psychedelic Jones Moth yet?

Thaumatographa jonesi (Psychedelic Jones Moth) · iNaturalist

[nilshelstrom]

Also, the dragonfly called Pepperpants (due to its red legs).

Oxythemis phoenicosceles (Pepperpants) · iNaturalist

[isopodguy]

Hedgpeth’s sapsucker. It sounds like a bird, but it’s actually a nudibranch.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47798-Elysia-hedgpethi

[phma]

The definite tussock moth is definitely a tussock moth! The genus name Orgyia looks like it’s from the Greek for “fathom”. I can’t fathom why.

Pelecanus onocrotalus is the type species for all pelicans and the order, which includes shoebills, ibes, and herons as well. The species name ονοκροταλος sounds like it means “donkey rattle”. I fail to see how you can cross a donkey and a rattlesnake and get a pelican.

Krigia dandelion is not exactly a dandelion, though it and dandelions are in Cichorieae.

The intractable Quaker is a noctuid. Don’t know how it got that name.

Ox beetles are escarabajos rinoceronte, but an ox is not a rinoceronte.

Unequal cellophane bee. The stuff cellophane bees line their nests with is actually polyester, not cellophane, But what’s it unequal to?

[nikthecowboy]

Chachalacas are one of the most fun bird names to say! I also love that the scientific name for the northern mockingbird bird is “mimus polyglottos”

[nilshelstrom]

Now I can’t stop saying “Chachalaca” to myself.