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Sweat green bee in a flower of Rocky Montain Penstemon (Penstemon strictus). Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, USA.
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Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) on a Rocky Mountains Penstemon (Penstemon strictus). Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, USA.
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Notice the rolled up proboscis. In some skippers the length of proboscis reaches 5 centimeters (2 inches). Length of the butterfly is about 1.7 centimeter.
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For a while now, I've been carrying a piece of glass in my backpack and using it for experiments. This is one that I liked the result. It was also an option for letter P - Peribalus strictus, but I ended up choosing something else, so I'm sharing it now.
Conocephalus strictus - one of the coneheads.
That tail is her ovipositor, which exceeds her body length.
26 Aug 2020, Cayce, SC, USA.
Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst, 1802 = Paederus confinis Zetterstedt, 1838 = Paederus finisterrae Illiger, 1807 = Paederus geniculatus Peyron, 1858 = Paederus moses Saulcy, 1864 = Paederus strictus Baudi, 1869 = Paederus vulgaris Miller, 1853 = Poederomorphus pedoncularius Gautier des Cottes, 1862.
Spoorlijn 82, de lijn die Aalst met Ronse verbindt, of beter: verbond. De sectie Zottegem – Ronse werd in 1963 gesloten, de sectie Burst – Zottegem is nu bekend als lijn 89. Wat overblijft is een 18km ‘korte’ lijn die Burst met Aalst verbindt. Wel in die volgorde ja, daar ik mezelf afvraag welke Aalsterse stedeling de trein neemt met bestemming: Burst. Elke dag rijden 6 treinen dan wel 7 treinen heen en terug. Op meer dan enkele scholieren hoeft de NMBS niet te rekenen. Lijn 82 blijft ondanks de lage intensiteit ook een spoorlijn van Infrabel dewelke ook elk jaar onderhanden wordt genomen.
Ik vermoed dat het dit jaar iets anders verliep dan voorheen. Zonder frontkering of dergelijke reed de sproeitrein nu eerst naar Aalst, via lijn 82 onmiddellijk naar Burst en verder via L89 en L66 richting de kust. Terwijl die vroeger ’s morgens vroeg vertrok in Denderleeuw en eerst via lijn 89 naar Burst reed, vervolgens na frontkering terugkeerde via de lijn 82 naar Aalst, om ten slotte terug te keren richting Burst en Zottegem. Infrabel probeert op deze manier waarschijnlijk een rit uit te sparen op een enkelsporige lijn waar strictu sensu beide kanten ter gelijker tijd behandeld kunnen worden.
Zo had ik het geluk om op een mooie maandag morgen de sproeitrein et 2 fraaie 62 op kop en langs staart te zien passeren richting de kust. De gele 62 was niet zo geel meer en werd daarom wat verfraaid.
Peribalus strictus, common name Vernal Shieldbug, is a species of shield bugs in the family Pentatomidae..This species is widespread in Europe (with the exception of the north of the British Isles and Scandinavia), across Siberia and Central Asia up to northern China and Japan. These shieldbugs prefer dry to moderately moist, warm areas. They usually occur in clearings and in rather damp environments..Peribalus strictus can reach a length of 9.5–11 millimetres (0.37–0.43 in). These quite variable shieldbugs have a greenish-brown coloration and a dense dark punctuation on the head, elytrae, pronotum and scutellum. The margins of the pronotum are yellowish and quite concave and the scutellum has a pale yellowish tip. The connexivum is distinctly banded pale brown and black. The antennae are orange yellow, but the final two segments are black. In spring and summer the coloration is usually lighter than in autumn
Peribalus strictus, common name Vernal Shieldbug, is a species of shield bugs in the family Pentatomidae..This species is widespread in Europe (with the exception of the north of the British Isles and Scandinavia), across Siberia and Central Asia up to northern China and Japan. These shieldbugs prefer dry to moderately moist, warm areas. They usually occur in clearings and in rather damp environments..Peribalus strictus can reach a length of 9.5–11 millimetres (0.37–0.43 in). These quite variable shieldbugs have a greenish-brown coloration and a dense dark punctuation on the head, elytrae, pronotum and scutellum. The margins of the pronotum are yellowish and quite concave and the scutellum has a pale yellowish tip. The connexivum is distinctly banded pale brown and black. The antennae are orange yellow, but the final two segments are black. In spring and summer the coloration is usually lighter than in autumn
Just as I pressed the button, this shieldbug took off, and I cursed assuming that I had (yet another) empty leaf shot.... but when I viewed the image to delete it, I realised that it had captured the event just at the right moment! Talk about lucky!!
Samois-sur-Seine - France
An adult Peribalus strictus vernalis with a Coreus marginatus nymph!
Forêt de Mormal - Parc de l'Avesnois - France
An attractive little red katydid-- Seek identifies it as a Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid, and the name certainly suits it. It is destined to a life of trying to avoid becoming a meal for a migratory bird. Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
There were a fair number of common meadow katydids around and I shot some pictures of them. I took a shot of this katydid almost as an afterthought and only when I got home did I find it was a new katydid species for my prairie bug/spider species collection. Females have a straight ovipositor which exceeds body length. The species was named for the distinct ovipositor of the female.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142708-Conocephalus-strictus
Rather differently coloured to the others I've seen!
Shame the vegetation is partially covering his head....
Chalais - Charente - France
This species has been appearing in Britain for the last couple of decades, almost entirely on the south coast and mostly around the Boscombe area of Dorset.
Last week, two friends made a journey to a nature reserve in Buckinghamshire. Whilst there, they chanced upon this shieldbug. Uncertain of what it was, they brought it back home, alive, for identification! It was duly confirmed as a Vernal Shieldbug, some distance from any other known records. Today, they have driven back down to Bucks to release it from whence it came! in the meantime, I looked after it and used the opportunity to take these photos.
Don’t normally upload on a weekend, but have to mark the day! 😁
Peribalus strictus vernalis - Parc du Perche - France (July 19)
Arthropodium strictum
In the spring we visited Wangkuntila–Aldinga Conservation Park near Adelaide in South Australia.
We knew about Friends of Aldinga and the great work they did, and wanted to support them with a donation. Please consider supporting "Friends of" nature groups because they do invaluable work to take care of wild places.
We were very lucky to have a Friends of Aldinga member, Aidan, show us around the nature reserve that FoA have taken amazing care of. Jackie, another local came along and assisted with plant species. Both were so knowledgeable and it was wonderful meeting like-minded people who were so passionate about nature!
We were there in early spring, and while the weather was still cold, there were numerous species of plants in flower.
Always a pleasure! (But then, what shieldbug isn't??!? ;-))
Pyramide de Saint-Quentin - Indre-et-Loire - France
Not a good shot, as it was overcast, but thought the colours on the ventral side of this Peribalus strictus vernalis were rather lovely!
Bourron-Marlotte - France
One day, I will find the other subspecies: P. strictus strictus!!
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne - Charente - France
Another new one for me! When I saw it, I took it to be a particularly dark Peribalus strictus, but then noted the banding on the antennae and other markings.
Terres Blanches - Dordogne
Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Hesperiidae
Sub-Family : Hesperiinae
Genus : Matapa
Species : Matapa aria
A fairly large skipper distributed from Sri Lanka, through India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China. Although it is supposed to be common I have only ever seen this one individual. It has a wingspan of 35-45mm and seems to like puddling for minerals which is quite unusual for skippers. The female is a little larger than the male and has a tuft of hair on the abdomen but is otherwise very similar in appearance . They are fast fliers and usually rest with their wings folded upright. Habitat is primarily in forests up to about 500m altitude or wherever there is an ample supply of bamboo.
The female lays her eggs singly on the underside of a leaf on the host plant. Larval foodplants are Bambusa ssp. (Poaceae) and Dendrocalamus strictus (Poaceae). She conceals the egg in a mass of setae from her abdominal tip. The egg takes 5 days to hatch and the larva then takes 20-26 days to reach the pupation stage. After 7 days the adult butterfly emerges from the mature pupa.
All my insect pics are single, handheld shots of live insects.