Usually brown and In my house.

Arenal Lodge, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Canon EOS R6 with Laowa 25mm f2.8

Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu NP, Madre de Dios, Peru

Richmond County, North Carolina, July 4 Anybody know what this is?

Having been so impressed with our first visit to the preserve on several days prior, we had to get back for a second look, knowing that we would most likely find some new insects, birds, and plants, for the first trip was rather overwhelming in the spectacular variety of nature’s gems. The follow up visits are usually ones where individuals can look at things with a better understanding, knowing where to look and what to avoid.

This visit was full of such scenes, from at least 5 species of insects.

This wonderful nature preserve of both grassland (111 acres) and woodland (53 acres) was purchased in 2003 by Franklin Township, and has become a “MUST SEE” site for us, since the landscape is so perfect in attracting all kinds of grassland birds, insects, and plants, and the setting is one that is rather off the beaten path; therefore, it allows visitors to enjoy the beauty in a quiet state. The grassland reminds one of a miniature version of sections cut out from the Great Plaines States.

Relatively close to Duke Farms—about 13 miles away—it is not too far to make it a stop for a day excursion, even if combined with DF or other nearby wildlife refuges.

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Stink Bug (Euschistus sp?).

Datura (Datura wrightii)

also: Sacred Datura, Jimson Weed.

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

Grayson County, Texas. 28 October 2018.

Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.

(420mm) f/13 @ 1/1600 sec. ISO 800.

I found this handsome "true bug" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on a leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) in the woods today. It's no doubt some kind of Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae, but it has more interesting colors than most - dark, like it's made of bronze, with blue and red highlights. I searched all my photos, and I don't think I've ever seen one like it before. (San Marcos Pass, 7 February 2021)

It was a few degrees cooler today than yesterday, but still unseasonably warm and dry. Wind was not an issue. There is a chance of a bit of rain on Friday and again on Sunday.

A Gravid Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) on Autumn, High Batts Nature Reserve, Ripon, North Yorkshire.

I spotted this unusually colored stink bug in my garden in October 2016. Generally, these bugs have a brown color, and apparently this coloration is quite rare.

Another experiment with reversed lens and stacked focus. 70+ shots for this one

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Roaming around on a dandelion seed head

Looks like something got one of his antennae

I found this little one clinging to the flax plants under the birdfeeder and was attracted to its banded legs. I always find baby stinkbugs cute, but this one was especially interesting with its colors and spikes - I haven't seen spikes on them before.

Underside

I don't have a macro lens or a closeup adaptor or anything like that on my Nikon D50, so I tried the next best thing. I held my 50mm 1.4 lens up to my camera backwards. It works pretty well I think.

Good morning and Happy Hug a Bug Day. Kind of killing two birds with one stone again with both bugs and a wildflower featured today. Being a Shield Bug (Pentatomoidea) and a lovely spring wildflower known as Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus). There's also a second bug lurking behind the flower petals in the 9:00 position in the above photo. I posted another pic in the comment section with a better view of it, but unfortunately I don't know what kind of bug it is or name. Sorry about that...and if anyone knows what it is, I'd very much appreciate you sharing it with me. Thank you.

Thanks to flickr friend Paul, the mystery bug is a Leaf-footed Bug (Coreidae), and although I'm not absolutely positive I'm pretty sure it's an Orange-tipped Leaf-footed Bug (Anasa tristis), also know as "squash bug".

I also posted a pic of the Fleabane by itself, minus any bugs, to give you a much better view of this truly beautiful wildflower.

I hope you enjoy this series and find the provided text in the comment section informative.

Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a truly nice day.

Lacey

ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .003 seconds (1/350) focal length 230mm

Ant inspecting stink bug eggs

Extremely tiny stink bug atop a soaked wooden fence post after the rain in very low light caught my eye. Maybe 1/4 inch long at most. Focus just a tad off but still keeping. :)

Saving a few photos taken this morning after a couple days off extremely heavy rain and storms. More to come later. :-)

Stink bugs belong to the family Pentatomidae (true bugs) and derive their name from the strong odour that they emit from scent glands when disturbed. The Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) is one of the most important pentatomid pest species. It is believed to have originated in Ethiopia but is now distributed throughout almost all tropical and sub-tropical areas, and it continues to spread also in temperate areas where it is mainly found in greenhouses. The Southern green stinkbug causes problems in many important food and fibre crops, including key greenhouse crops like for instance sweet pepper.

Green Stinkbug Nymph

I found this lovely Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae of the Heteroptera, Hemiptera inside a seed capsule of native Late-flowered Mariposa Lily (Calochortus fimbriatus) in the Liliaceae plant family. See this photo for one of the fantastic summer flowers in the same place, now gone to seed. The horn-shaped capsule is full of seeds, and I think the bug was "sucking" them with its proboscis - maybe "drilling" is the better word. I'm not sure what kind of bug this is, but I believe I've seen it before - see this photo and this photo. Its color is remarkable camouflage on these dry seed capsules. (San Marcos Pass, 15 November 2018)

It was partly cloudy again today, cloudy enough to effect my white balance. There were breezy moments, but it was mostly quite calm. The WIFIRE Heat Map is showing no new activity on the Woosley Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains south/east of us - good news. The Camp Fire up north still appears active on the east side above Lake Oroville, so our drive to Oregon this weekend will probably be smoky. We hope to leave on Sunday.

Colourful Stinkbug.

Here are a mating pair of "true bugs" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on a flower head of native Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus, Orobanchaceae). They might be the same Western Red-shouldered Stink Bugs (Thyanta pallidovirens) that I recently showed in this photo, and these bugs do seem to be highly variable in color. I reckon that's the smaller male on the left. It's almost Wednesday, so happy Insect Hump Day! (San Marcos Pass, 27 September 2020)

Macro photography, photo's taken at Pear Park South, Leesburg, FL

stinkbug eggs on lettuce

Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species. As hemipterans, the pentatomids have piercing sucking mouthparts, and most are phytophagous, including several species which are severe pests on agricultural crops.

The name "Pentatomidae" is from the Greek pente meaning "five" and tomos meaning "section", and refers to the five segments of their antennae. Pentatomids are generally called "shield bugs" in English, or "stink bugs" in American English.

Source: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae)

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I see these every year in our garden. Right now this one landed on one of our Hydrangea bush leaves, though we have a lot of Hedge Nettle in the gardens.

Stink Bug .. Family Pentatomidae.

Six visible stink glands on back

Stink bug nymph.

ODC: Insect World....(noir style: I've been doing so many "film noir" type shots, I thought it amusing to imagine one in the Insect World)

6WS

Stinkbug (not a very glamorous name!) on our window....

Stink bug nymph.

Adolescent Stinkbug 2 days later

Southern Green Stink Bug

Shady Lakes, Albuquerque, NM

Chinavia hilaris,

also known as a green stink bug.

I shot this with my Olympus Tough camera which is proving to be pretty awesome for this type of 'work'. This was shot in the macro mode of 'in camera' focus stacking.

Stinkbugs Soccer Spring 2019

This stinkbug was lying upside-down like this inside the elevator of our apartment building. At first I thought he was dead, but once I flipped him over he started to move. Half an hour later he was nowhere to be seen.

Stink bug