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A collection of travel bugs that I've accumulated for our camping trip scheduled for next month.
For those of you not in the know, these travel bugs can be tracked by individual code numbers at the www.geocaching.com website.
I'm using this shot as my entry for this week's theme in the HooHah52 weekly challenge of Signs. Whenever I accumulate a large assortment of travel bugs, it's a sign that summer vacation is very close (three more teaching days and I'm done). It's a sign that I'm getting ready to go on an extended camping/geocaching trip. Last year, I don't remember how many travel bugs we moved along, but I do know we found 105 geocaches while camping in and around Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks.
I'm hoping for similar numbers this year. Destination is still up in the air, but I think we're going to be staying closer to home, at least in California this year.
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.
Bug Light in South Portland ME. This was built by private interests as an aid to navigation inside the harbor for the petroleum docks.
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.
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And then, when the sun comes out, the bugs and bees are soo happy!! But hey...were'r missing one!!! The green caterpillar......
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.
Hope it doesn't bug ya if I take some time to prepare more car shots.
Saw this lovely thing on the sidewalk one night on the way to a pub. I thought it was a June bug and thought," June bug in June". It's definitely not a June bug !
I didn't squash it, though it would've made quite a sound !
Pompadour gets to wear the pink version of Bugged, of course ;) She is a Valentine's day Sybarite and a girly girl after all!
There were about one hundred of these, at a place outside of White Sands, NM. "Brave Little Toaster", anyone?
Shield bugs which I found on my French Beans these are juvenile southern green shield bug (Nezara viridula) which are a major pest across the world en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezara_viridula and were not a welcome visitor to my very poor bean crop in 2020. They only appeared in England in London in 2003 and were the last straw for me first it was the weather, then slugs, then the weather again then these I drowned them.
These vivid macro shots showcase a stink bug (Pentatomidae family) in remarkable detail, perfectly blending into the textures and tones of its environment. The first image reveals the intricate speckled pattern on its shield-like back, a natural armor that not only protects but also camouflages. The second photo captures the bug’s underside, highlighting the soft green of its abdomen as it grips a weathered stalk. With antennae extended and its tough exoskeleton on display, this small yet resilient insect demonstrates its quiet dominion over the garden’s vertical terrain.
So today I was taking a picture of a sunflower and some of its pollen fell out. I decided to take pictures of the pollen, so I was tapping the flower to get pollen to fall. Out fell this little bug that was hiding in there! He kept getting caught up in all the pollen and I thought it was kind of cute. Little tiny sunflower bug. Look at all the pollen trapped in his legs!
They tell me that these tiny little windshields will deflect bugs. Personally, I probably don't go fast enough to make them effective.
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On my latest Sunday stroll to Pennington Flash I was (perhaps sadly) delighted to find a ladybird, bee and a shield bug! Oh how you spoil me.
Yes, in a few months I'll probably be bored stiff of these as macro subjects but for someone who has been starved of "wild" macro action for months even the most common of insects are a joy to behold.
Unfortuantely they didn't stick around and pose for long as I shoved by camera lens in their personal space, so I was also reminded of the more frustrating aspects of macro photography.
Photographed is a lighthouse in Portland, Maine called Bug Lighthouse. I took this photograph in what was possibly the windiest environment my body has ever been put through. I thought I had decent endurance for winter winds, but my eyes started watering after a point of staying here and trying to photograph this lighthouse.
Since I used a ND filter, I setup the camera on a tripod and did a long exposure of 30 seconds. I had to hold the tripod tight to counter the winds. This was one hell of a photography experience!
A great part of summer is the arrival of the lightning bugs. A found this one in my back yard waiting for twilight to take to the air and use his light to attract a mate or maybe a meal.
There are about 2000 species of Lightning Bugs. There lights are used to attract mates but in some species it is a trap used to fool other species of lightning bugs into thinking they are finding a mate. when they arrive at the source of the light that mimics that of a mate they are attacked and eaten. Its a Jungle out there, LOL even in what seems to us to be a peaceful back yard.