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the bugs are very tiny, pin head size maybe. the plant is also also called bishop's weed. Aegopodium podagraria.
If it is, it's a pest, accidentally imported from China or Japan, likely as a stowaway in packing crates, and first documented in the U.S. in 1998.
It is a "true bug," characterized by sucking mouthparts -- with a "beak" called a rostrum. Stinkbugs feed on plants; assassin bugs and ambush bugs feed on insects. This one appeared in my house suddenly -- maybe a stowaway in a pot of tulips from the grocery store, or having simply snuck in to get out of that 9 degree (F) (-12.8 C) chill we had a couple of days ago.
Fortunately I brought home half a dozen bug books from the libraries while researching ambush bugs and bees for an drawing in progress. It took a photograph and several books to get me close, and then the internet to get from one not-quite-right bug to another. Finally a nearly identical photo showed up under one of the false leads, and voila! I think I have it.
Thanks to Dr PhotoMoto I learned that many insects have ocelli -- simple eyes -- along with or instead of compound eyes. This one has two tiny round red ocelli just to the inside of his/her big "bug eyes." Also a pair of mostly invisible wings that overlap at the rear; parts of them show up slightly pinkish in the photo (see it below in the comments section) -- from the light, or a reflection from the red cap in there holding a plant I offered him. He's just under 1.5 cm long.
General failure reading drive C
Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
Airports should run something better than Windows. [See comments.]
it was actually the same color orange as mine, but a 71 instead of a 74. i'm not sure why my camera decided it was red. cameras aren't designed for the candy colors of the early 70s automobile!
Hoverfly Xylota segnis on mollis azalea flower- a rare visitor to the garden. Focus stacked using zerene
Reminded me a scene from movie Bugs Life.
Nikon d7000 with Sigma 150mm f2.8 Macro lens.
Photographed by Upul Rodrigo/ All rights reserved.
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#22 Redfern Yardfarm
Predator-proof coop demonstrates "deep litter." Vegetable gardens, fruit trees, espalier, compost, flowers, mason bees, small urban lot.
Seattle Tilth's Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour
The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of Hemipteran insects, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Traditionally, most of this superfamily was considered a single family, Cercopidae, but this family has been split into three separate families for many years now: the Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae, and Clastopteridae. More recently, the family Epipygidae has been removed from the Aphrophoridae. These families are best known for the nymph stage, which produces a cover of frothed-up plant sap resembling spit; the nymphs are therefore commonly known as spittlebugs, or spit bugs, and their froth as cuckoo spit or snake spit. The final family in the group, Machaerotidae, is known as the tube spittlebugs because the nymphs live in calcareous tubes, rather than producing froth as in the other families.
Nymphal form of spittlebug encased in foam for protection and moisture.
The froth serves a number of purposes. It hides the nymph from the view of predators and parasites, it insulates against heat and cold, thus providing thermal control and also moisture control. Without the froth the bug would quickly dry up. The nymphs pierce plants and suck sap causing damage, and much of the excess filtered fluids go into the production of the froth, which has an acrid taste, deterring predators. A few species are serious agricultural pests.
Look at this face, no wonder they call them Baby Faces... Only "his" mother could love him!
Another note- they are soft & not hard, so you don't want to step on one of these
Most people don't like has dust in the camera,even am i,but this time was got different....Because has one small bug creep in viewfiner....= =
Heavy Alien Transport - The Bug. My sixth and last submission to Lugpols BTT 2007. Challenge 24 - Build a transport vehicle powered by alien technology.
"Hummingbird Moth" (Magroclossum stellatarum). In german „Taubenschwänzchen“, „Kolibri-Schwärmer“ oder „Karpfenschwanz“
MUST view LARGE.
Spotted this tiny bug while grilling. He was checking out the cockscomb by the porch, or maybe he wanted some grilled chicken. Nonetheless, he posed nicely for me. Not a clue what he is.
For ID please group: location in Atlanta area. Bug about an inch long, appeared cylindrical, seemed to simply jump from on part of the plant to another. I am afraid I missed him leaving but I assume he flies. Thank you for ID, speech path girl.
“ A Camouflage Bug,” explained Morton the Didjeridu (yidaki) player’s cousin. “How did you find it?” I asked while I let it crawl onto my arm. I thought it had taken skin-colour as part of its camouflage trick; but no, apparently this is the colour of the insect, and it becomes close to invisible on bark on shrubs. I have no idea what it makes its living from. “– It was just sitting around,” Morton’s cousin replied. But he is an aboriginal, too. I was envious - so close to, yet so far away from the nature of this continent I am.
.Shield bug nymph,
Natural light, tripod, timer, live view: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/10/tips-on-shooting-wit...