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Green Shieldbugs Palomena prasina , sometimes called "Stinkbugs" I rather like the smell they emit.
There must have been 40 of them on the Lilac.
In my garden 27th September 2020 Stafford UK
Are these becoming more common? I saw my very first Shieldbug 11 years ago and now the garden is full of them. I share as they are so pretty and large enough to see.
Update
11th October 2020
There were eight of them on the same leaf today and others closeby. I swear they are organising.
A wonderful day out in Carroll County, Maryland looking for macro subjects with my friends. Thanks to Bob for spotting these newly hatched Stinkbugs. I have never seed such an arrangement of babies and eggs before.
Third image in this Insect series...
About an inch long, this bug landed on my ear while I was photographing flowers. I flicked it off and it landed on this leaf, giving me a chance to capture a few shots of it.
Fortunately it didn't release the smelly scent that it's known for!
One of 250 Stink Bug species found in the U.S., the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is an invasive insect, native to East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), that has become a significant pest globally, including in the United States, where it was first identified in the late 1990s.
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Oh yeah, it's that stink bug again.... we were chatting for a while a few days ago... and no matter how small the little rascal was, it felt like it was constantly looking down on me.... well, not as a person then but as a human being... as a representative of the idiocy of evolution.. and/or the creator's bizarre humor... and once again it felt like we need to do more to care for our dear planet, our mother Gaia... and it feels like we're on the right track.. NOT!!
Think about how strangely unexpected encounters can make thoughts fly.... Show less
I found this pretty little bug just sitting on the leaf, and it stayed for a bit so I could get some shots :)
Hope everyone has a great week! :)
Lovely little Sheild/Stink bug that buzzed whilst sitting at my computer one morning. I captured it, put it on some card and had some fun letting it pose...and then watched it explore its new found freedom :)
Using a small panel light, I focus stacked 200 shots. He was fairly cooperative; I only had to touchup one leg and one antenna as he was moving them around.
I noticed this clutch of tiny stink bug eggs on a Manzanita leaf in my garden, and the lacewing larva hanging out next to them. It stayed with them for more than a day, I assumed filling up on an easy meal. But apparently it was unable or unwilling to eat the eggs - see the next photos in my photostream.
This Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea), was found by my youngest son on top of Mount Newton, BC. They overwinter as an adult, and was found nestled in this pine cone. They are a useful predator of leaf beetles, and are apparently common in North America, though this is the first one I have ever seen.
Try as I might to take a shot at eye level, this was the only shot that turned out clearly. As it is so beautiful, I figured you wouldn't mind seeing the top view.
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I noticed this clutch of tiny eggs (laid by a stink bug) on a Manzanita leaf in my garden, and the lacewing larva hanging out next to them. It stayed with them for more than a day, I think trying to get an easy meal - but it must have been thwarted by the eggs' chemical defenses, or been unable to pierce the shells, because all but one (empty) egg hatched.
A stink bug that I photographed at Conowingo Dam in Maryland on 10/7/25.
Canon 90D, Canon MPE 65mm macro lens, Canon twin macro flash, aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400
Another day with horrid wildfire smoke blanketing the area, without any wind or breeze to move it away. I will be keeping indoors again for the most part. Taken a few days ago, when smoke was also bad, I did venture out to an area in my yard to pick raspberries that seem to be ready early this year and is quite the bumper crop. I did not want to see them go to waste so I stuck on an N95 mask and spent about an hour picking them. While doing so I noticed these two tiny stinkbugs.
To be honest I am not sure if these guys are pests or not, but I tend to leave stinkbugs alone except to take the odd photo of them.
I would have liked to have had the body of the one on the left in better focus. I likely should have used the R6 to check for the depth of field, but the macro lens was on the crop body, and I just grabbed it and a tabletop tripod to quickly get a snap or two before they left the scene. I do find stink bugs pretty cool to be honest, as they have some great colours and patterns.
EDIT: I have added the ID to the title. Also called the Twiced Stabbed Stinkbug or the Red and Black Stinkbug, supposedly it is the most common Stinkbug found in Alberta
A close-up of a stink bug perched on a green leaf, captured in Szentendre, Hungary, with a vibrant blurred background.