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Pittosporum Bug (Pseudapines geminata) nymph
A different type of Pittosporum Bug, the first I have seen. It was on a leaf of our Pittosporum tree. Hopefully I will get to see an adult sometime, they are good looking bugs.
weevil (Liophloeus tessulatus / Würfelfleckiger Staubrüssler) on granite in my garden
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Lady bug feasting on red aphids, my cup plant has turned red, never seen this before. Looks like they begin life black and then change to red, thought they were ants but looking closer are actually aphids. Rain will wash them off maybe, if it ever gets here, long hot drought conditions continue.
I found this pretty little bug just sitting on the leaf, and it stayed for a bit so I could get some shots :)
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This beautiful flower in a neighbor's yard in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California is drawing insects. This was taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max on the Raw and Macro settings.
Showcasing an array of bizarre food creations, the unusual menu consists of extreme 'delicacies' such as parfaits topped with a crisp cicada, dishes containing fried bugs and insects, as well as roasted crows and crocodile.
Shibuya, Tokyo
January, 2020
Reaching back into my archives and cleaning up the photos from this season that I haven't posted yet. My insect friends have pretty much all gone quiet here in Pennsylvania as the colder temps have started moving in.
I love finding Ambush bugs. I think they look so funny. I'm not sure (hasn't been verified by iNaturalist yet), but I believe this is our - Pennsylvania's - native Ambush Bug.
Ambush Bugs are beneficial predators found in gardens and meadows that ambush prey using camouflage and strong forelegs. They are effective against pests like aphids and caterpillars and can capture insects much larger than themselves by injecting paralyzing venom and digestive enzymes. While they are not dangerous to humans, they are indiscriminate and may harm some beneficial pollinators like bees.
Pennsylvania, US, September 2, 2025, IMGP5058
In my garden 15th April 2022
I sat in the garden and watched things happen today.
Frog, Squirrel, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell Green-veined White, Orange Tip male and female, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird Great Tits, Blue Tits, Wood Pigeon, Crows, Carder Bee, White tail bee, Tree Bee, Unid bee, several hoverflies, several sps wasp, Green Shieldbug, 7 spot ladybird.
Bug nymph, size ~ 3mm
Not only the eyes show up fluorescence.
Mitutoyo 7.5 NA 0.21, tube lense. 125mm (Raynox)
Illumination: Dark field, UV (365nm) and oblique
The quote from the animation Bug's Life by the Grasshopper "You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up! Those puny little ants out number us a hundred to one and if they ever figure that out there goes our way of life! It's not about food, it's about keeping those ants in line."
Textures applied and glass panes applied to this doll house of horror through photo slides. The rest is an art display by Jennifer Angus.
Possibly a Birch shield bug.
Looking for bugs and beetles in the garden recently.
What's the difference between beetles and bugs?
Bugs suck. No really, they do. Unlike beetles with their biting jaws, bugs (which are their own biological group - or order - of insect called Hemiptera) have piercing, beak-like mouthparts for extracting the juices from plants and other invertebrates.
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/05/shieldbug-identific...
A pill bug (aka rollie pollie, aka potato bug) that was hiding inside an old log. Photographed in Maryland on 3/11/21
Wheel Bug found in the United States. It is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, reaching up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length in its adult stage. Nymphs do not yet have the wheel-shaped structure. Body length of the nymph in the photo approximately 2.5 cm.
Our backyard is full of Lady Bugs this year. We have lots of aphids so there is plenty of food for them to feast on. We also have lots of finches too which I suspect are eating the lady bugs.
Photographed with a Nikon D500, 50mm lens, 36mm extension tube and Raynox 250, Meike320 flash.
Southern Alberta, Canada.