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Last summer the wrens had a good year.
Lowell Township, Michigan
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Found that little lady bug sitting there and enjoying the sun.
Handheld and manually focussed - the best shot I could get from it. A bit desaturated, colours adjusted accordingly to fit using Lightroom.
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Lady bug feasting on red aphids, my cup plant has turned red, never seen this before. Looks like they begin life black and then change to red, thought they were ants but looking closer are actually aphids. Rain will wash them off maybe, if it ever gets here, long hot drought conditions continue.
I was going through some of the older photos and came across these little critters. Does anyone know what they are? I know I was in the village of Little Washington where there is a really large garden and I think these were probably not a welcome addition to the garden judging by the look of the leaf below them. Happy Sabbath to all, it's a wonderful, beautiful day here today. :)
This beautiful flower in a neighbor's yard in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California is drawing insects. This was taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max on the Raw and Macro settings.
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
Pittosporum Shield Bug (Monteithiella humeralis)
A chilly day today with rain at times and bright sunshine at others.
I spotted this pair on the Jade plant, you can just see the second Bug between the berries.
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).
In my garden 15th April 2022
I sat in the garden and watched things happen today.
Frog, Squirrel, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell Green-veined White, Orange Tip male and female, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird Great Tits, Blue Tits, Wood Pigeon, Crows, Carder Bee, White tail bee, Tree Bee, Unid bee, several hoverflies, several sps wasp, Green Shieldbug, 7 spot ladybird.
This is a common bug around here, but they are particularly numerous this spring (and getting more numerous by the minute!). They were paired up in the sun on our deck railing, but looked best against the white trim around the garage. The female is the larger one, and she drags him around in this position before they mate in the classic way of one bug on top of the other.
They feed on the seeds of boxelder, maple and ash trees. They are harmless, but can be a pest if too many of them get in one's house.
Siskiyou County, California
There were several of these tiny critters exploring the garden this morning. Shot at 1:1, with 12 mm extension tube.
Zelus longipes, I think.
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
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 is pretty hard to identify in this photo but it is firmly held at the tip of the beak. I probably would not have posted this if it were not my very first hummingbird image of 2022 ... :)
Rufous Hummingbird - Juvenile or Female
Colorado Springs, CO
A pill bug (aka rollie pollie, aka potato bug) that was hiding inside an old log. Photographed in Maryland on 3/11/21