These stink bugs found on Stachys are species Cosmopepla conspicillaris.

The taxon Family is Pentatomidae as all members have 5 antenna segments. This species is also referred to as the hedgenettle stink bug and the crescent seen on the back resembles a smile. This leads to the other common name of “happy bespectacled stink bug” where the two black spots inset in the orange “spectacles” on the dorsal thorax make up the appearance of eyes when viewed from above and behind.

Detail of the eye of the last instar (nymph) of an African bug (Lubumbashi, DR Congo, January 2013, ID?). Specimen is about 7mm long; it was preserved in ethanol for 3 months, taken out and immediately photographed to avoid dessication of the eyes.

Studio stack based on 97 images (ISO100, 1", Apo Gerogon 240mm as tube lens with iris set on 16, 3x Jansjo leds diffused through paper cylinder). Zerene stacker (Dmap, Pmax), treated moderately in LR (CA), Picasa & GIMP (artifacts, but not all). Cropped from 2.7mm wide to 2mm, now magnification of about 18x (FF).

I think these are the nymphs of the Spined Predatory Shield Bug (Oechalia schellenbergii). Seen at Evan’s Crown Nature Reserve, Tarana, NSW.

Tomorrow I will get serious.

Maybe :)

On Explore : Highest position: 275 on Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tessaratomid bug . Night find, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Bug seems to contemplate her world often. Such a pretty girl.

Bug tour at the Intu Metro Centre, Gateshead, North East England. On display from Feb 2nd to March 2nd 2019. . .

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Bug Light, South Portland, Maine

A fly with a very shiny green body on a very yellow flower. Spotted in the walled garden at Burton Agnes Hall. Fortunately the sun came out and increased the background contrast for me.

BTW , loads of butterflies fluttering around. But as I had the wrong lens on, they took flight immediately I moved toward them, unlike this friendly fly who stayed still for ages.

Bugs through the light...

A few more Shield bugs around today, this is a sloe bug about 10mm

These bugs are nymphs of the one I posted in the previous picture. They stay close together for a while; the adults seem to like a little more space to themselves.

A bug on my rosemary leaf tips

BB, aka BB, pushed the Christmas mouse off the flower part of the new cat tree and proceeded to hunker down. I really like the tree bc she’s at just the right level to administer scritches!!

Small ground bug on potentilla. Focus stacked using zerene. Nysius sp. ?

Bug tour at the Intu Metro Centre, Gateshead, North East England. On display from Feb 2nd to March 2nd 2019. . .

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Cloncurry, QLD

lady bug on a blade of grass.

a Platycranus bicolor mirid bug from gorse opposite the visitor centre at Hastings Country Park - note the hair scales and broad vertex on this late summer gorse specialist

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Bug investigations | | July 3, 2016 | Canon EOS 5D Mark III | ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at f/2.0 100

Bugs and flowers

Anacamptis coriophora

Bug, Sai Kung, Hong Kong

Found him in garden so i tried to take a photo of him :D

couple of bug shots from yesterday ,it was upside down on the garden table so had to use normal macro due to its wriggling the second shot is upside down OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Finally, now the school holidays are over the sun came out and I went out for a walk late this afternoon.

Not just a bee (?) but another bug hiding behind a petal too - the petal at the top on the right.

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