View allAll Photos Tagged stinkbug
A southern green stinkbug (Nezara viridula) nymph shedding its exoskeleton at the Budai Arborétum, Budapest, Hungary.
90mm macro + 32mm extension, on-camera flash.
I went shooting with my MP-E 65mm lens today. I need to get used to the very short working distance, and my macro pics will get worse before they get better.
These bugs are annoying my hibiscus plants a lot and cause mutant growth. Along with the shield bugs they cause many problems. There are over 330 000 insects in Australia and it is hard to identify them but I will try. This one along with shield beetles can hurt when you pick them up. Must be some sort of sting.
Location: Europe >Portugal > Leiria > Ansião
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Eurydema
Species: E. ventralis
Kudzu - Invasive and Non-Native. A bane to many. Still the blooms are stunning and efforts are being made to use it. The blossoms make a great jelly and the vines make spectacular leaves. The ground root makes a coating for fried chicken and some people fry the leaves.
bug or beetle like creature (I'll have to look it up) - so close you can feel the fear!
edit: I believe it is a stinkbug!
Charlie had a little sniff of the Stinkbug and quickly moved on...obviously not on his menu today!
Stinkbugs are so named because they secrete a foul-smelling liquid that is repulsive to most predators.
A stinkbug gives off a very bad smell if it is bothered. The smell comes from a stinky liquid that flows from two glands on the bug’s thorax. Once released, the odor remains on whatever the stink bug touches. To most predators, a stinkbug tastes as bad as it smells. Many birds spit out stinkbugs right after biting into them.
A timely wreath by the students of the Carroll Springs School under the direction of art teacher Kim Prati
(Halyomorpha halys) Myersville, Myersville Quad, Frederick County, Maryland. April 29, 2017. At MV light. bugguide.net/node/view/1365482#2371433
In the field when I'm not sure of the size of something, I often use my thumb for perspective. The portion of my thumb shown here is just under an inch long. Every time I get frustrated that I can't get the detail I want in something like this, and see it again in the field, I cut myself some slack. My macro and close-up shots are taken handheld, with a crazy narrow depth of field for something this tiny, and that means any breath of wind, any shake when I press the shutter or move a milimeter, will take me out of focus. So I take multiple shots and watch for some to be good.
This particular batch of stinkbug eggs looks ready to hatch. There are now dark lines across the middle of the eggs, so I expect to find nymphs tomorrow--hopefully at both clutches.