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We call these insects "Stinkbugs", but if anyone knows what they are really called, please share it here.
This image was taken with an S-M-C Takumar Macro 50mm f/4 on a K200D. The shot was handheld at f/11. I had to bump the ISO to 400 in order to get the necessary shutter speed for sharpness.
This shot was taken on Nov. 1st but this Magnolia Tree clearly thinks it is Spring as it is budding out again.
We went to the World's Largest Nachos event at SoMa Street Foods, which was put on by the folks at Chirps Chips. Chirps Chips are made with flour from ground up crickets, so there was a large "bug" theme at the event. Our favorite part was the Bug Zoo in the back. It was filled with hissing cockroaches, stinkbugs, blue death feigning beetles, and other insects.
Harsh lighting, but I didn't shoot him long. I did like the composition of this shot though.
April 2009.
Nikkor 60mm, homemade flash diffuser, lightroom.
See him in the exact center of the photo? If you don't want to see him up close and personal, you might want to skip the next two photos ;-)
Skunk Creek Bed, near the sports complex, Peoria Arizona. Between the drought, the destruction of native flora by some so-called grounds' keeping firm and the spread of alien grasses, little in the way of native insect life to be seen even on the remaining Sweetbush. Less than a handful of dragonflies around the drainage outlets.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Hemiptera
Family=Pentatomidae
Subfamily=Pentatominae
Genus=Eurydema?
Species=oleracea?
Binomial name=Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus 1758)
Common name=Brassica bug Nymph
Bemidji, Minnesota
Summer 2013
These mottled brown stink bugs are a common sight in northern Minnesota, though the brown stink bugs I see likely comprise several similar-looking species. Fortunately, these are not to be confused with the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. The insect in this photo is only about 2/3 the size of a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and has no conspicuous white bands on its antennae.
Common Name: Stink Bug nymph
Order Name: Hemiptera
Family Name: Pentatomidae
Many Hemiptera suck plant juices although some have evolved to suck blood and body fluids. Hemiptera groups include water scorpions, water boatman, backswimmers, water striders, plant bugs, bed bugs, assassin bugs, flat bugs, seed bugs, red bugs and stink bugs.
Stink bugs can be recognized by their characteristic oval body shape and each antennae being comprised of five segments. This immature larval stage is considerably more colorful than the adult form which was almost entirely black. True bugs undergo a common form of incomplete metamorphosis with three life stages. The eggs hatches into nymphs which grows ever closer to the adult form through a series of body molts. The last molt renders the final adult form which is then free to reproduce and initiate the next generation. This nymph was quite adept at producing the characteristic foul smell for which they use as a chemical defense tactic.
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Podisus maculiventris - Beneficial Predator
Considered a farmer's best friend, the Spined soldier bug is very useful because it likes to eat gypsy moth caterpillars, the larvae of beetles and cabbage looper. It can tackle even the largest caterpillars by harpooning and injecting them with saliva, which can paralyse a pest within 60 seconds. They help keep crops like potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corn, cabbage and apples safe from pests.
To feed, they swing their beaks up from under their bodies, sneak up to their prey and jab them with the harpoon-like tips. They inject digestive enzymes through the beak that soon render the prey immobile, after which they suck up the digested insides. This strategy can be highly effective, as these bugs can sometimes be seen subduing prey insects many times their own size.
ISO 80 | f/3.4 | 1/60s | 30mm | Manual WB | Flash
28 Dec 2013
just posting this one because it was too cool to delete and 'stinky' is getting some fame going on from the previous picture :P
alternate title: "the stink-eye view"
This little guy narrowly escaped a squishing when he figured my office door would be a nice place to relax. He looked kind of lost, so I took him outside.
The invasion continues. This one later ended up between my pillows.I felt it before I saw it, recognized the shape, and hurled it across the room.He's above and to the left of my computer monitor right now.
Grand Daddy Longlegs does some heavy lifting to take this Green Stinkbug home.
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware.
Taken with the Canon 70-200 and the 1.4 extender. I had to back up a bit to bring these subjects into focus. But the depth of field looks pretty decent.
We call these insects "Stinkbugs", but if anyone knows what they are really called, please share it here. See the next shot in my Photostream for a crop.
This image was taken with an S-M-C Takumar Macro 50mm f/4 on a K200D. The shot was handheld at f/11. I had to bump the ISO to 400 in order to get the necessary shutter speed for sharpness.
This shot was taken on Nov. 1st but this Magnolia Tree clearly thinks it is Spring as it is budding out again.
A stinkbug, I think, feasts on a dead housefly in my backyard. This is a two shot focus stack., edited in Photoshop, Nik Color Efex Pro, and Lightroom.
Pygoplatys validus
A Pygoplatys sp shield bug...nice and colorful. Found many of them in Danum Valley. Merged from two exposures in CS3.
Trip report here: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/10/danum-valley-part-ii.html
We went to the World's Largest Nachos event at SoMa Street Foods, which was put on by the folks at Chirps Chips. Chirps Chips are made with flour from ground up crickets, so there was a large "bug" theme at the event. Our favorite part was the Bug Zoo in the back. It was filled with hissing cockroaches, stinkbugs, blue death feigning beetles, and other insects.
The lack of any dragonflies was more than made up for by finding only my second ever Pied Shieldbug and the first to get images of! A handsome little beast I think you'll agree :o)) Lower Moor Farm, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve, near Oaksey, Wiltshire, UK. 2014-04-14.