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Found this very common bug nymph on Uapaca trees (U. kirkiana) in the miombo (Katanga, DR Congo, 35km NE of Lubumbashi, January 2015).
Field stack based on 18 usable exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax). Cropped image, now 25-27mm high. Canon 5D mkii, EF 100mm macro 1:2.8 USM, ISO-100, f/4, -0.7step, 1/50s, natural light.
Identified by Al JC and others as a shield bug, that gives off a bad smell...glad I never touched it :). others have also referred to it as a stink bug.
This follows on from a previous post from the bug hotel in our garden. Here is one of the solitary bees hard at work to seal a tube after laying her eggs. The brood chamber will contain a number of eggs, each on a bed of pollen, which is the food for the larvae when they emerge. I believe the plug is a mixture of mud and saliva.
There are vastly more species of solitary bees than bees which live in colonies. I don't know which particular species this is, but I found the following interesting information about mason bees, for example...
They will lay female eggs towards the back of the nest, and male eggs towards the front. The males always emerge earlier in order to ensure that they will have the opportunity to mate with the females; they may even help pull them out of their nests once they begin to hatch. The other advantage is that if birds get to the nest and they pull out a few larvae to eat, their beaks will only reach the males and the females will hopefully be untouched. Dead female bees would mean the end of the line for that generation, but if only the males are eaten then the females still have a chance to seek out males from other nests to mate with.
Bees are remarkable creatures. The larvae may overwinter as pupae, and then emerge as adults next spring? Or maybe yet this year? I'll be waiting... :o))
I've just come back from an amazing holiday in south east Asia, and during my travels in Borneo came across this unique and quite bizarre bug! I have no idea what it is, any help would be appreciated.
*EDIT: I would say that in size, this bug was approximately 10cm
300ft highway 2017: Sad sight, indeed, a Volkswagen Beetle which was left to rot at a garage in Dhanmondi before being shifted to this garage at the 300ft. Is in the process of being resotred as a 'show piece;.
I noticed the other day that one of the trees at work had some cute little bugs on it, so I decided to take my camera into work today. I waited until lunchtime and then went and took some snaps. I had to climb in under the branches which where about shoulder height, it wasnt until I was surrounded by branches that i discovered that the leaves where teaming with bugs, which kind of freaked me out. I didnt take a lot of photos and will try again tommorrow
Daughter finally got brave enough to hold this cool looking bug which seemed to enjoy being perched on her finger and soaking up the sun. :D
One of many groups of these Jewel Bugs, gathered in the shade from tropical heat underneath the leaves of a Weeping Rosewood tree near Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory.
More of my Aussie insect shots are here www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegypsy/albums/72157632054226006
Although I've checked with various experts I'm not totally sure of this bug's exact species. As far as I can tell at this stage it belongs to the Family Scutelleridae, possibly Cantao parentum or a related species. If anyone could give me a definite confirmation I'd be delighted.
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Common Assassin Bugs (Pristhesancus plagipennis) have the long head with powerful proboscis. They use the powerful proboscis to puncture their prey. Their legs are long so that they have long attack distance. Adult bugs are brown in colour with transparent wings. Nymphs are dark brown to black with brightly orange abdomens.
Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC)