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A great collection of Bond Bugs present at the Woburn Festival of Transport to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bug.
15th August 2010,Woburn Park,England
I got the camera bug in the 1970's and the nature bug much earlier. Following film photography, I started using a Kodak 610 in 2006, a Nikon Coolpix P90 in 2009, and a Canon SX-40 just this winter- all "bridge" cameras. I also use a little Panasonic DMC-ZR3 at night for moth photography.
I was getting ready to make dinner and found this special monster sitting in the corner by the recycling bin. S/he twitched his/her antennae at me a few times, but seemed mostly dead.
I thought maybe it was a dead-ish roach. The weird part is I haven't seen them running around and I keep the place reasonably clean.
Oh, did I mention that the head and abdomen were about an inch long? This was a big bug.
I guess my apartment is the apartment of infestations. A previous tenant told me she got infested with slugs when she lived in my apartment. I had a few fairly major ant invasions already in the last 4 months.
Apparantly this is a "potato bug" (or Jerusalem cricket) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket . I thought potato bugs were the tiny roly-poly things that live under logs and rocks (maybe like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse , but the ones I've seen were more dark and they sorta curl up into little balls).
A very little, red, bug that kept flitting around - he seemed to be on a mission! Lack of macro lens did not help, so had to crop pretty heavily.
a shy bug - didn't show me its face. all I got was it's back. and for your information, the bug's native was Pondichery. :P
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that a long horned beetle that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted in a shipment of Costa Rican pineapples is the first recorded find of this species in the United States. USDA national entomologist confirmed on March 22, 2016, that Philadelphia CBP intercepted the nation's first Ayriclytus macilentus when inspecting a Costa Rican pineapple shipment January 29, 2016.
Photo provided by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
From my collection, this is a 1921 Vibroplex bug. I just sold it on e-bay, so I thought I would take one last picture.
Heavy Alien Transport - The Bug. My sixth and last submission to Lugpols BTT 2007. Challenge 24 - Build a transport vehicle powered by alien technology.
Had a hard time focusing this one....later i realised that i had to set the metering to spot, i changed the metering to spot and it was good. The Focus is still not perfect but it is acceptable....
I took many of this one....but i liked this image since the little bug is also there...
Taken near the trees in inguraidhoo football ground...
Common Name: Assassin bug
Scientific Name: Zelus renardii (Kolenati)
Order: Hemiptera
Description: Common species in cotton include the leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii (Kolenati), and the spined assassin bug, Sinea diadema (Fabricius). In both species, the head supports a strong beak. The leafhopper assassin bug is about 1/2 inch long and red, brown to yellowish-green. The front legs have no spines and are covered with a sticky substance with which they catch their prey. The spined assassin bug is similar in size but is dark brown to dull red-brown, not bicolored. The front legs are slightly swollen and covered with spines. The abdominal margins are expanded and flat with a pale spot on the rear margin of each segment.
All assassin bug species are predatory, primarily feeding on caterpillars and other insects. The assassin bug uses its needlelike beak to impale prey. It then injects a venom that both paralyzes and partially digests the prey. The body contents of the victim liquefy and are sucked out with the assassin bug's strawlike mouth parts. A few species, like the western bloodsucking conenose, commonly bite humans and other mammals. These bloodsucking species are sometimes called kissing bugs because they are attracted to exposed tender flesh, such as the face and lips of sleeping humans. Even species that prey only on insects can inflict painful bites on humans with inflammations that can persist for several days.
Life Cycle: Assassin bug females deposit masses of brown, cylindrical eggs periodically. Immature nymphs resemble adults but are wingless and develop through five molts (instars) into adults in about two months. Nymphs of the spined-shouldered assassin bug are distinctly swaybacked.
Habitat and Food Source(s), Damage: In cotton fields, assassin bugs prey on a broad range of prey including fleahoppers, lygus bugs, aphids, caterpillar eggs and larvae and boll weevils. They will also eat other predaceous insects such as lady beetles and big-eyed bugs.
Pest Status: Beneficial insects/natural enemies; predatory on insect eggs, larvae and adults; capable of biting.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired