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Got my first macro lens tonight :) With the low light conditions and just freehand made it rather difficult to keep in focus.
A few days ago I sat on a meadow and waited for butterflies when I noticed a beetle under the umbel of what I think is a Queen Anne's lace. I wonder if it was hiding from the barn swallows which were out in mass that morning. That would be quite clever for a bug.
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Like assassin bugs nymphs, stilt bug nymphs molt several times as they mature. I happened to catch one in the process on this gaura stem. It looks like most of the exuvia is sitting on the stem. It would have made an interesting video, but I wouldn't have been steady enough...
Agonoscelis rutila
Family: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
Order: Hemiptera
Although an Australian native insect, this bug usually feeds on the sap of introduced Horehound plants, or others in the mint family (Lamiaceae) sometimes causing wilting. Although they prefer Lamiaceae, they are known to aggregate on a variety of other plants. In this case I think it is a different plant family; Billy Goat Weed, Ageratum sp. in the family Asteraceae. They also feed on various seeds including the Horehound.
The species is quite communal and aggregates with others of the species on the target plants. It has the capability to control the spread of the Horehound plant, which is considered to be a weed. However the Bug is the target of parasitoid wasps including the introduced egg parasitoid, Trissolcus basalis. Ironically this wasp was introduced to Australia to control another bug, the Green Vegetable Bug but has turned to preying on the native Horehound bug (and 25 other native bugs as well). So it seems that an introduced wasp is preventing a native bug from controlling an introduced weed!
This was a focus stacked image from 46 individual handheld shots using a 90mm Sony lens and a Sony A7R with flash. The stacking was done using Boltnev and Kacher's "Focus Stacker" app.
References:
Loch AD & Walter GH (1999) Multiple host use by the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) in a soybean agricultural system: biological control and environmental implications. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 1: 271-280.
Woodlands Historical Park
whp.altervista.org/weeds/marrubium-vulgare.php
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Last summer the wrens had a good year.
Lowell Township, Michigan
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Pittosporum Bug (Pseudapines geminata) nymph
A different type of Pittosporum Bug, the first I have seen. It was on a leaf of our Pittosporum tree. Hopefully I will get to see an adult sometime, they are good looking bugs.
In the last photo, a small shield bug was visible in the lower right of the Dahlia. Here he is, close up.
A bug(Lygaeus equestris) that I found at an Aloë in our garden.L. equestris, common name Black-and-Red-bug, is a species of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.
I found this pretty little bug just sitting on the leaf, and it stayed for a bit so I could get some shots :)
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Showcasing an array of bizarre food creations, the unusual menu consists of extreme 'delicacies' such as parfaits topped with a crisp cicada, dishes containing fried bugs and insects, as well as roasted crows and crocodile.
Shibuya, Tokyo
January, 2020
Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) perched on a field scabious (Knautia arvensis) seed head.
Plusknia jagodziak (Dolycoris baccarum) siedząca na głowce nasiennej świerzbnicy polnej (Knautia arvensis).
Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on a white wall.
Plusknia jagodziak (Dolycoris baccarum) na białej ścianie.
Small "true" bug, about 4-5mm
The tip of the forewing of Heteroptera is fairly thick (~1.2 microns), thus there is no color iridescence visible (brown curve). The base is even thicker and leathary. This is the origin of the name "hemiptera" which means "half-winged". The newer name Heteroptera means also "mixed-wings". This leads to the typical "X" structure of the closed wings in dorsal view, which is an easy means to identify "true" bugs.
Hind wings in contrast, are much thinner (~0.2 microns here), which leads to a brillant blue-violett if illuminated coaxially.
Wing-thickness- analysis goes here
Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 7.5x NA 0.21 tube lens: Thorlabs 165mm
Illumination: Dark field, oblique and UV 365nm (UVIVF, just the eyes show fluorescence)
Bug nymph, size ~ 3mm
Not only the eyes show up fluorescence.
Mitutoyo 7.5 NA 0.21, tube lense. 125mm (Raynox)
Illumination: Dark field, UV (365nm) and oblique
A Small Elephant Hawk-Moth (Deilephila porcellus) resting on a Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora) - two very rare species in Germany. Unfortunately the wings of the butterfly are crippled (because of a virus or some other disturbance during its pubation), so it is not able to fly properly and its life will too soon come to an end.
Zwei seltene Schönheiten auf einen Blick: Ein Kleiner Weinschwärmer (Deilephila porcellus) auf einem Wanzenknabenkraut (Anacamptis coriophora). Wie ihr sehen könnt, hat der Schmetterling leider verkrüppelte Flügel - das könnte an einem Virus oder einer anderen Störung während seiner Verpuppung liegen. Er dürfte flugunfähig sein und daher bald als Vogelfutter enden.