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When I was taking this picture, I noticed the little yellow things, but didn't think anything of them, I though they were seeds or something. Well, when I got them on the computer, I noticed that they were bugs! Wow.
I found these (3) tiny red bugs inside the reservoir so I thought maybe it's time to replace the filter? (it's about two months). So I went to Costco, got a 10 pk, gave the whole thing a bleach soak and changed the filter last night.
Tada! Look what I found this afternoon, the bugs are here again!
Does anyone has any clues about this and possible ID the bugs?
Could those bugs from my house and they just love to live inside the reservoir?!
I'm going to contact Brita now.
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On top of a squash leaf showing damage from feeding.
Wick House garden, Jockey Hollow NHP, Morristown, NJ.
This is about 10 seconds before my brave wife picked up her slipper and mashed him into bug juice. So RIP bug.
PS: Bug juice does not come easily off the popcorn ceiling. Here is the after picture:
Flat Earth Theatre presents "Bug" by Tracy Letts July 29-August 6, 2011. Featuring James Hayward, Julie Becker, Steven DeMarco, Emily Hecht, and Tim Fairley. The Factory Theatre, Boston.
Photos by Jake Scaltreto
Not the normal insect sort, but from the look of it this is a baby Moreton Bay Bug. Found this inside a mussel we were eating! In fact, we found a couple of baby sized crabs and bugs inside the mussels. Might be spawning season and they're getting eaten.
Macro shots taken with 50mm f/4 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon mounted on bellows. I couldnt even begin to give a measurement on how small this insect is. I didn't even notice it until I looked through the camera at the flowers.
Lens borrowed from my good friend Ben.
Day 40
Jiminy Cricket on the right decided to hop on in Burkina Faso and decided to get off somewhere in Mauritania... Not a bad ride
Acanthocephala or Leaf footed Bugs are distinctive, nearly inch-long stately insects in the Coreidae family. Leaf footed bugs are named for the leaf-like expansions of the hind tibia and femora. They have four-segmented antennae, large compound eyes and one pair of ocelli, or simple eyes. The Latin name Acanthocephala means “spiny head.”
All species of Coreidae are plant-feeders. Some Coreids live in leaf litter, but most nymphs and adults live above ground on their host plants where they may feed on seeds, fruits, stems or leaves. Many occur on an astonishing variety of plants, while some are restricted to a single host, such as the squash bug, known for its destructive feeding on cucurbitaceae.
These insects have a distinctive proboscis, a “hypodermic-like” beak. “Like all true bugs, the adults are equipped with a beak, or rostrum, a hypodermic needle-like device carried under the head, which it uses to pierce the plant tissue and suck out liquids. They do not simply "suck out sap" they inject a tissue-dissolving saliva and vacuum out the resulting slurry. Bugs cannot ingest solid food, and widespread damage to the plant is a result of these liquefying enzymes.
I was at my computer looking at Flickr pictures when I spied this bug with the distinguished name of Vandenbark. His ancestry can be traced back to 1978. What a smart bug to be able to read and land on just the right part of the page.
Leaf-footed Bug )Acanthocephala or Leaf footed Bugs are distinctive, nearly inch-long stately insects in the Coreidae family. Leaf footed bugs are named for the leaf-like expansions of the hind tibia and femora. They have four-segmented antennae, large compound eyes and one pair of ocelli, or simple eyes. The Latin name Acanthocephala means “spiny head.”
All species of Coreidae are plant-feeders. Some Coreids live in leaf litter, but most nymphs and adults live above ground on their host plants where they may feed on seeds, fruits, stems or leaves. Many occur on an astonishing variety of plants, while some are restricted to a single host, such as the squash bug, known for its destructive feeding on cucurbitaceae.
These insects have a distinctive proboscis, a “hypodermic-like” beak. “Like all true bugs, the adults are equipped with a beak, or rostrum, a hypodermic needle-like device carried under the head, which it uses to pierce the plant tissue and suck out liquids. They do not simply "suck out sap" they inject a tissue-dissolving saliva and vacuum out the resulting slurry. Bugs cannot ingest solid food, and widespread damage to the plant is a result of these liquefying enzymes.
A "Bug E" electric motorcycle seen in downtown Springfield at the Second Friday Art Walk. More information at www.bugev.net.