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This was cropped from the original.
Looks as if it is the same flower and all I do is changing the bug.
But the yellow flowers are attractive to bugs. Hence, it is also a
Chrysanthemums plant but not the same flower.
I am writing this as I have more bugs taken on such a plant.
[60mm/2.8 NIKKOR MICRO]
CLS infos : Flash SB-800 (Mode TTL.) + 2 SB-R200 (Mode TTL.) + Sun (soleil) ;)
D300 Manual Mode (look EXIF).
Orange large milkweed bug (Spilostethus hospes; family Lygaeidae) on a giant Indian milkweed flower (crown flower, আকন্দ / Calotropis gigantea, family Asclepiadaceae).
Milkweed bugs are usually found in small groups on milkweed plants, often on the underside of the leaves. The bugs feed on seeds and tissue of the milkweed plants.
Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising twenty-one genera. The family includes insects commonly known as chinch bugs, milkweed bugs, and also some of those known as seed bugs.
Talsari Island, Bay of Bengal
Orissa, India
I had the job of finding my step dad a Bond Bug which is in extremley limited supply now being over 40 yrs old. He had the first one in Aberdeen 40 yrs ago and we believe has the now the only one in Aberdeen. So after many hours of searching we got him this one and he got it delivered today. Its pretty amazing, copyright of Duncan Gerrie
There are many different species of solitary bee,
all are excellent pollinators.
The female bee lays an egg on top of a mass of pollen at the end of a hollow tube, she then seals the entrance with a plug of mud or bits of leaf.
A long tube can hold several such cells. Hollow stems, such as old bamboo canes, or holes drilled into blocks of wood, make good nest sites for solitary bees. Holes of different diameters mean many
different species can be catered for.