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Late instar of the invasive Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). There were hundreds of them in this potato field.
Larveform van de Coloradokever, vierde instar.
Falco sparverius female carrying Jerusalem Cricket (or Potato Bug) of genus Stenopelmatus,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I happened onto a kestrel nest site while I was patiently watching some other birds at a nest nearby. I went back regularly during May and watched as the adults occasionally brought back food for the nestlings. At the earlier stages both male and female adult would perch like this briefly before going into the nest hole, enabling at least a brief look at what they were carrying. Mostly Jerusalem Crickets (which are mainly nocturnal, to my understanding!). During later stages of feeding the nestlings, there was no pausing at this ledge, so I was hopelessly uncertain what prey was coming in, as well as being stymied in my attempts at photography.
Lest they end up in tatters (-;
Notorious Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
a.k.a Ten-striped Spearman
Coloradokever - Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
An invasive harmful species that spread to the Old World as well. Not very common here though.
He must have a secret stash of jerusleum crickets, as he sure catches a lot of them. Better viewed larger
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Images in this gallery were captured by:
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I was shooting slime mold fruiting bodies and he wandered by. It was interesting to see this critter run daintily among the little spore laden stalks. I noticed that the bug was careful with them, not stepping on the fruit, but weaving among them. I wonder if there is some unknown ecological relationship between them. Or maybe the simple life understands something about the environment.
I scooped this drowned creature from the pool this morning, and brought it inside to document.
I placed it on a mirror and then lit it from camera right with a Yongnuo strobe in a 24 inch gridded soft box. Fill light came from a small hand mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N,
• Pillbug
• Bicho bolita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Suborder:Oniscidea
Family:Armadillidiidae
Genus:Armadillidium
Species:A. vulgare
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
Body length: approx 9 mm
Lens: Venus Optica Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x ultra macro @ 2.5x @ f3.4
FF sensor magnification: approx. 2.5x
Number of shots: 209
Stepsize: 40um using an MJKZZ Qool Rail 250
Illumination: DIY 14 section lighting tunnel (total 504 x SMD led type 2216 + double layer diffuser) + LED Background illumination with blue and green gel, DIY 15 section lighting tunnel LED controller
Edit: Helicon focus, Photoshop CC, Lightroom C
Scene: Staged
Agave and palm from Pasadena, Death Valley in the background, Stinson Beach crow, Emeryville nasturtiums. Photoshop layered composite.
Common pill-bug (Armadillium vulgare) running over ground.
Kulanka pospolita (Armadillium vulgare) biegnąca po ziemi.
Here's another somewhat recent photo. I was excited to find this woodlice recovering next to it's fresh half-molt. I had to position myself awkwardly to get my lens anywhere near this critter.
This specimen most certainly is an Oniscus asellus.
A potato bug landed in my garden, and soon after realised there is nothing to lay its eggs on. Before it went on, I took some pictures. Its antennae are fast moving in this shot. Insects use them for smell. So I guess it smelled some potato plant around. Or was it me?
I like themes that get you of the couch and i love the woods! Also have a softspot for things with legs and eyes and antenna's;p I'll put the woodlouse in a spotlight today bc i think he/she deserves it. In Holland we call them "pissebed" (not a charming name), they're also called
"armadillo bug"
"boat-builder"
"butcher boy"
"carpenter"
"cafner"
"cheeselog"
"cheesy bobs" (fav)
"chiggy pig"
"doodlebug" (also used for the larva of an antlion)
"gramersow"
"granny grey"
"pill bug"
"potato bug"
"roll up bug"
"roly-poly"
"sow bug"
"slater"
"wood bug"
Anyone who knows more?
Body length: approx 9 mm
Lens: Venus Optica Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x ultra macro @ 3x @ f3.4
FF sensor magnification: approx. 3x
Number of shots: 251
Stepsize: 30um using an MJKZZ Qool Rail 250
Illumination: DIY 14 section lighting tunnel (total 504 x SMD led type 2216 + double layer diffuser), DIY 15 section lighting tunnel LED controller
Edit: Helicon focus, Photoshop CC, Lightroom C
Scene: Staged
Woodlouse , bug ball ....................
BICHO BOLITA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cochinilla de la humedad, Chanchitos de tierra, Bichos de bola, Bicho bola, Marranito ,
(Armadillidium vulgare)
Los oniscídeos (Oniscidea) son un suborden de crustáceos isópodos terrestres con unas 3.000 especies descritas.
Tienen un exoesqueleto rígido, segmentado y calcáreo, y poseen siete pares de patas.
También se las conoce como
Pueden llegar a confundirse con diplópodos (miriápodos), de morfología externa similar, aunque para diferenciarlos basta con ver cuántas patas se observan a cada lado de un segmento externo.
Si se ve sólo una pata, el animal será un crustáceo, y si se ven dos pares, entonces será un diplópodo.
Necesitan ambiente húmedo, ya que respiran por branquias.
Es habitual encontrarlas en lugares húmedos y oscuros, como debajo de piedras o troncos.
Son en general animales nocturnos, y se alimentan de detritus, como restos vegetales, aunque pueden llegar a convertirse en una plaga en los jardines.
Algunas especies tienen la capacidad de enrollarse sobre sí mismas, formando una bola cuando se sienten amenazadas.
Su exoesqueleto presenta una forma de acordeón que les facilita este enrollamiento.
Son los únicos crustáceos con desarrollo directo, es decir, sin fase de larva.
Esto se debe a su vida en tierra firme, que les impide tener hábitos reproductores que necesiten condiciones más húmedas.
La hembra puede mantener los huevos fecundados dentro de su cuerpo.
Una prole rosácea sale de ella cuando ha encontrado el lugar idóneo.
Sin embargo, y a diferencia de otros grupos de artrópodos terrestres como insectos y miriápodos, estos animales conservan un sistema excretor de tipo crustáceo, lo que les obliga a excretar urea en lugar de ácido úrico, con la consiguiente pérdida de agua.
( 4 de octubre de 2008 )
Reserva ecológica Vicente López , partido de Vicente López ,
provincia de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA .
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bichos bolitas , cochinillas , Wood-louses , bug balls, Cochinillas de la humedad, bicho bolitas , bichos bolita ,
March morning visitor to the Rio Grande Valley. Read more in the red Ravine post, WRITING TOPIC - INSECTS & SPIDERS & BUGS, OH MY!.
An handsome invasive North American beetle that is considered a major pest of potato crops.
First one I've ever spotted.
Dutch: Coloradokever (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
A potato bug out on a trail at Montaña De Oro State Park, CA. It was cool so it waited patiently for me to get my macro lens set up.
Kestrel with a Jerusalem cricket or better known as a potato bug. A good prey item as color wise it matches the kestrel, although I don't think he cares too much about the color.
This is a Jerusalem Cricket aka Potato Bug (Ammopelmatus fuscus aka Stenopelmatus fuscus, family Stenopelmatidae, Tettigoniidea, Ensifera, Orthoptera) under a stone in the our garden. That long string of Latin names is actually interesting because it tells that this critter is more closely related to katydids (Tettigoniidea) than true crickets (Gryllidea), see -- compare my next two photos. It's huge, about two inches long. HBBBT! (San Marcos Pass, 20 March 2022)
While getting water for the Mother's Day flowers I spotted this little guy; it was pretty big so I was pumped to hit it with the macro, in pp I noticed the markings on its exo (sweet!); it's gone back to living in the mulch by the hose.
October 13, 2017
I came across this little "rolly polly bug" as we used to call them as kids. He was making his way up the dry sand bank into the dunes. Viewing the photos at full size on the monitor, I noticed it had a rather sparkly and colorful set of segments!
Nauset Light Beach
Cape Cod National Seashore
Eastham, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
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"This is my first post after reading a lot on this site and also on Photomacrography.net and Extreme-macro.co.uk and internet in general. Feels like i am in the University of Macro and you are my Professors. And now my first knowledge test, i am very worry and excited at same time. What is your mark, teacher?"
Camera: Canon 5DII
Lens: MP-E65
Automated macro rail: Cognisys Stackshot 3X
Lights: Few LEDs + yogurt DYI diffuser.
Stacker: Zerene Stacker. DMAP+PMAXretouched, 68 shots at F4, ISO100.
Zoom: 3X
Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr
Bicho bolita / Pillbug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Suborder:Oniscidea
Family:Armadillidiidae
Genus:Armadillidium
Species:A. vulgare
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
Toytown Comics / Heft-Reihe
Mertie Mouse
cover: L. B. Cole
> Mertie Mouse / The Potato Bug Invasion
(art: L. B. Cole ?)
Baily Publishing Company / USA 1945
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
June 10, 2018
Along one of the upland forest trails on our approach to Wing Island, we discovered a patch of bright red slime mold that had ALSO been discovered by a colony of ravenous woodlice (or pill bugs, rolly-poly bugs, potato bugs, and countless other names).
One of the Wiki pages has a list of names of these guys based on country. Some are pretty funny. My favorite is "monkey peas!" (Kent, England)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse
Wing Island Hiking Trails
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2018
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
Please email for usage info.
Credits goes to Christian Senger and his picture . And also to Matthew Wizmatt and his picture . Your two pictures helped me a lot!