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A few days ago I sat on a meadow and waited for butterflies when I noticed a beetle under the umbel of what I think is a Queen Anne's lace. I wonder if it was hiding from the barn swallows which were out in mass that morning. That would be quite clever for a bug.
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Wheel Bug. Photographed in Maryland.
Focus stack of 3 images, shot with the camera hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE 65mm macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400.
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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.
Agonoscelis rutila
Family: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
Order: Hemiptera
Although an Australian native insect, this bug usually feeds on the sap of introduced Horehound plants, or others in the mint family (Lamiaceae) sometimes causing wilting. Although they prefer Lamiaceae, they are known to aggregate on a variety of other plants. In this case I think it is a different plant family; Billy Goat Weed, Ageratum sp. in the family Asteraceae. They also feed on various seeds including the Horehound.
The species is quite communal and aggregates with others of the species on the target plants. It has the capability to control the spread of the Horehound plant, which is considered to be a weed. However the Bug is the target of parasitoid wasps including the introduced egg parasitoid, Trissolcus basalis. Ironically this wasp was introduced to Australia to control another bug, the Green Vegetable Bug but has turned to preying on the native Horehound bug (and 25 other native bugs as well). So it seems that an introduced wasp is preventing a native bug from controlling an introduced weed!
This was a focus stacked image from 46 individual handheld shots using a 90mm Sony lens and a Sony A7R with flash. The stacking was done using Boltnev and Kacher's "Focus Stacker" app.
References:
Loch AD & Walter GH (1999) Multiple host use by the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) in a soybean agricultural system: biological control and environmental implications. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 1: 271-280.
Woodlands Historical Park
whp.altervista.org/weeds/marrubium-vulgare.php
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Pittosporum Bug (Pseudapines geminata) nymph
A different type of Pittosporum Bug, the first I have seen. It was on a leaf of our Pittosporum tree. Hopefully I will get to see an adult sometime, they are good looking bugs.
In the last photo, a small shield bug was visible in the lower right of the Dahlia. Here he is, close up.
Almost the first bug I've seen this year. Pity he was so well tucked up!
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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.
A bug(Lygaeus equestris) that I found at an Aloë in our garden.L. equestris, common name Black-and-Red-bug, is a species of ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.
I found this pretty little bug just sitting on the leaf, and it stayed for a bit so I could get some shots :)
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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
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 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
A Small Elephant Hawk-Moth (Deilephila porcellus) resting on a Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora) - two very rare species in Germany. Unfortunately the wings of the butterfly are crippled (because of a virus or some other disturbance during its pubation), so it is not able to fly properly and its life will too soon come to an end.
Zwei seltene Schönheiten auf einen Blick: Ein Kleiner Weinschwärmer (Deilephila porcellus) auf einem Wanzenknabenkraut (Anacamptis coriophora). Wie ihr sehen könnt, hat der Schmetterling leider verkrüppelte Flügel - das könnte an einem Virus oder einer anderen Störung während seiner Verpuppung liegen. Er dürfte flugunfähig sein und daher bald als Vogelfutter enden.