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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.
Stinkbug nymph attacking prey. They thrust their mouth parts into their victims and suck out the juices.
20 April 2014, found at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, ON, Canada.
Still not too many arthropods out this time of year, but found this stink bug crawling around on the grass while eating lunch :)
I ID this to species using this fantastic key to the Pentatomids of Souther Ontario
This bug is here! These stinkbugs mass together, invading homes. They also eat fruit and nuts, a terrible thing for our Oregon agriculture. These came down the Columbia River Gorge last year or the year before, likely on a train-car. I dispatched at least 10 from a clematis yesterday, so will be on the look-out for more.
This was taken at our company outing at a day camp in central NJ. We discovered this little green stinkbug nymph (it didn't stink, thank goodness!) that had hitched a ride inside on someone's shirt, & so of course I had to get a shot of it. I released it back outside when I was done so it has a chance to grow up to be 2 cm long and look like this.
Pentatomidae>Oncocoris apicalis? Brown Stink Bug
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class= Insecta
Order=Hemiptera
Suborder=Heteroptera
Infraorder= Pentatomorpha
Superfamily=Pentatomoidea
Family= Pentatomidae
Genus=Oncocoris?
species=O.apicalis?
binomial name=Oncocoris apicalis?
I found this nymph of a "true bug" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on a new flower of Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia, Rosaceae) in the woods today. I believe it's some kind of Stink Bug in the family Pentatomoidea with 5-segmented antennae. There are many different kinds, so 'nuff said. (San Marcos Pass, 10 July 2022)