Budapest, Glimpses of a Bygone Age
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My now resident robin helping me keep my box hedge free of bugs. He is helped by a multitude of sparrows.
A Green Bottle Fly and the tiniest ant I can imagine seemed to circle each other on the Black-eyed Susan in my garden.
The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a planthopper indigenous to parts of China and Vietnam. It has spread invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Its preferred host is tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), but it infests economically significant plants including soybean, grapes, stone fruits, and Malus spp.
The species was accidentally introduced into South Korea in 2006 and Japan in 2009, and has since been considered a pest. In September 2014, L. delicatula was first recorded in the United States, and as of 2022, it is an invasive species in much of Northeastern United States and is rapidly spreading south and west.[4] L. delicatula's egg masses have been found to be the primary vector of spread, with Ailanthus altissima populations seen as a risk factor for further infestation globally. Ongoing pest control efforts have sought to limit population growth, due to the threat L. delicatula poses to global agricultural industries.
Note: I have seen many immature lantern-fly in my garden, you're supposed to smash them when noticing. Not much success as they flew away as soon as you approached them, unless they were on the ground, then, you might be able to smash them at once.
The Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is native to China and was first detected in Pennsylvania in September 2014. Spotted lanternfly feeds on a wide range of fruit, ornamental and woody trees, with tree-of-heaven being one of the preferred hosts. Spotted lanternflies are invasive and can be spread long distances by people who move infested material or items containing egg masses. If allowed to spread in the United States, this pest could seriously impact the country’s grape, orchard, and logging industries.
Note: It's a PEST, so that you're supposed to destroy it when see them. I found this in my son's vegetable garden. They see quite a few a day.
This Robin was catching insects on my rose bush, as it is feeding it's young in next door's garden. Taken this morning through the window.
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There’s a frog hanging out in my cucumber wall, hopefully ridding it of pests. I asked it to please leave the bee’s be.
We stumbled upon a groundhog and her 3 young ones. Despite squeaky encouragement from his sibling, this young one immediately froze like this and did not move for almost 4-5 minutes.
European Starlings are an invasive, considered to be a pest in some parts of the US. Even so, I think that they are quite beautiful.
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Viewed from Buda Castle, Budapest Hungary
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Obviously a shield bug, I think it's a Carpocoris purpureipennis. There seem to be more of them this year than usual. I don't think that I just didn't noticed them in previous years because with their vibrant colours they are hard to overlook, especially if you crawl over meadows in search of possible photo subjects. The pretty fellow is considered as an agricultural pest because he can damage soybean, beans, cabbage, carrots, raspberries, strawberries, potatoes, radish, wheat and apple trees. This information would have dampened my enthusiasm if I had found him and his numerous relatives in my garden but he lives on a meadow outside town and therefore isn't my problem.
This is one of our neighborhood hawks, sitting on top of a tall lantern in our backyard. The lantern is on a tall wooden post near our pond and gives the hawks a wonderful observation post for our backyard and surrounding areas. It is difficult to tell from the photo, but this bird is huge!!! Photo taken through glass, i knew that if I opened the door she would take off. Backyard bird.
Blue Green Aphid (Acyrthosiphon kondoi)
Quite of few of these pests around now. Hopefully the Ladybirds will arrive soon.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
After breakfast, we were off to explore the bay by skiff and not surprisingly, the nearby Hidden Falls Fish Hatchery was a popular spot to find bears. Our first encounter was with this mom and her cub. We watched them on the shoreline for a while. The cub was pestering mom and her solution was to burn off some his excess energy by taking him out for a swim to the other side of the inlet.
Kasnyku Bay, Alaska
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This is really a tiny insect, the Pea Weevil which is a pest to pea and bean plants. I am not sure if it is of the Lady Mantle plant which it is on! I think it is on the leaf, as you can see, to access the plenty of water drops to drink from!
Invasive Destructive Pest - Spotted Lantern Fly Nymph. These insects have caused severe damage to trees and fruit orchards, yet booths nymph and the adult are quite beautiful.
And yes I did destroy this one after photographing it.
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Blue Bottle Fly in Golden Light ~ Manzanillo, Mexico
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 300mm, 1/1640s
Painted this wall with servo, limit and asesr. Those guys came out from canada, super nice guys had a blast. Sadly limit got to wasted and didn't finish his piece so I will have to post his later.
Aphid
Seen during a brief walk in the garden today.
Apologies in advance if I get a bit behind today, I will be having a nap shortly.
I didn’t realize that Budapest is actually comprised of two distinct areas, Buda and Pest, separated by the Danube River until I arrived there. It is another enchanting European city, steeped in history and filled with endless places to explore. I captured this photo early one morning in the biting cold of spring! I can still remember my phone and my other electronics shutting down unexpectedly because of the freezing wind!
Four-Lined Plant Bugs are considered to be pests, since they occasionally do damage to herbaceous plants, mints, and rarely to wood. The nymphs cause the majority of plant damage.
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Gioia è la nostra piccola peste, ha avuto un'infanzia difficile e ora combatte contro il mondo intero. Ma noi le vogliamo bene lo stesso, anzi forse di più!
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Gioia is our little pest, she has had a difficult childhood and now she fights against the whole world. But we love it all the same, or maybe even more!