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Discoverd those two lovebirds... bugs in the botanical gardens Hermannshof in the heart of Weinheim. If you're around somewhere, don't miss out having a stroll there: www.sichtungsgarten-hermannshof.de
Assassin Bug, freshly molted. It has been doing a lovely job of keeping the aphids under control on this sunflower, but it demands respect as I hear it has a nasty bite!
If anyone can identify this spider - feel free to name it! Discovered beneath planks of wood during the day in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand.
Believed to be either a Sheet-web Spider or Scuttling Spider.
Among the dock leaves there were dozens of Dock Bugs about today, mostly in pairs. I watched a lot of shaking and twitching and rubbing antenna and even more fighting and squabbling. Eventually I gave up hoping to get a photo of them mating but then a yard further down the path I found these two! Now I am looking for eggs. Last year I found nymphs of all stages so just need eggs to complete the set. www.flickr.com/photos/photospool/7776879410/
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Palomena prasina LINNAEUS, 1761 (Grüne Stinkwanze, Green shield bug)
Genus: Palomena
[det. M. Valdueza, 2012, based on this photo]
Family: Pentatomidae
Suborder: Heteroptera (real bugs, Wanzen)
Order: Hemiptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Arthropoda
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I was dragging the map to get to my hometown so I could draw a route when it started complaining. Had to start totally over before the map reset. Changing zoom or panning away didn't solve it.
Two green shield bugs (Palomena prasina) propagating the species, “making the beast with two heads”.
Large Milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) larvae of several different instars. Approx. 6:1 magnification (6x life-size).
Photographed at the Fullerton Arboretum, Los Angeles County.
Hand-held Nikon D90 at ISO 400 with Nikkor 105D macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/122, open shade & SB-600 Speedlight with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism diffuser.
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A stink bug checking out some spackle.
The other day, my husband had to break up a fight at his school. One kid bet another kid $5 that he wouldn't eat one of these bugs. He didn't pay up when the kid ate one. Freshman Fear Factor.
OK, I give up! This MSH kicked my ass. There are no scarabs to be found here. No Egyptian museums, or jewelry stores ... or anywhere else I can think of to look, except for the picture in the dictionary and I'm not going to do that. So here you go - it's a bug anyway. Sorry, pedants! :)
October MSH #11: scarab
OK, so for a very long time I would see bug macros on flickr and not be impressed.
"Anybody can do that -- all they need is a macro lens. No big deal."
Now I have a macro, and boy was I wrong. Bug shots are *hard*. I'm happy with none of these, but hung them here as a work in progress. I think I'll get better at using this lens, but it takes practice.