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Saw this big bright bug on a milkweed pod. Looked it up for an ID. Go figure.. Large Milkweed Bug. LoL!
A new bug for my collection - a Common Sawfly (Tenthredinidae) of some kind. Sawflies and their larvae are food for various birds, such as stonechat (Saxicola) birds, partridge chicks, nestling corn buntings, Black grouse chicks, and chestnut-backed chickadees, according to wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawfly
Shield bug on sea holly - the hot summer seems to have accelerated the dragonfly season - there were vey few on the wing yesterday and we were reduced to taking pictures of shield bugs which love to hide in the (now dry) sea holly flower heads
Went out into the field yesterday to shoot the sunrise. And then I found this lovely bugs....
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Recent collage/drawing with colour gel pens on A5 (148 x 210mm or 5.83 x 8.25 inches) paper.
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Three Legged Cross, Dorset
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
HEMIPTERA > HETEROPTERA (true bugs) > Coreidae (Squashbugs)
Alternative common names for species within bug family Coreidae are Leatherbugs and Leaf-footed Bugs
Jewel Bug (Chrysocoris)
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often
brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the last section of their thorax
into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings.[1] This latter characteristic distinguishes them from most other families
within Heteroptera, and may lead to misidentification as a beetle rather than a bug. These insects feed on plant juices
from a variety of different species, including some commercial crops. Closely related to stink bugs, they may also produce
an offensive odour when disturbed. There are around 450 species worldwide..
Bug hotel in the Woodland.
Create a bug hotel to provide hidey-holes for creatures galore. Building a bug hotel (also known as a wildlife hotel or stack) in your garden can provide a safe hideaway for wildlife and help make use of your garden waste. A well-built hotel can shelter anything from hedgehogs to toads, solitary bees to bumblebees, and ladybirds to woodlice. You can build your bug hotel at any time of year, but you might have the most natural materials such as straw, dry grass and hollow plant stems in autumn.
First one of these I’ve seen in a long time. We have always called them June bugs or June beetles, but their actual name is Cotinis nitida. They can be fairly destructive, but I don’t think there is an abundance of them around here, so I let him go his merry way. (He may have actually been brought in with the storm yesterday.)