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This is a stink bug nymph. As he sheds skin throughout his life, he'll come to resemble a normal stinkbug more.
So many interesting insects to photograph with the macro! Some were species I don't recall seeing and will see if I can sort them out for identifications :)
The Hitchhiker -
If you do think this is just an ordinary shield bug, look again. A Martian, revealing himself at the back of a true bug; large bulbous head and slanting almond eyes, pointy chin in black membrane suit. Here's an alien hitching a free ride, until he navigates back to the flying disc, the bug doesn't even realise.
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After an evening of delicious ravioli dinner, then some cookie pudding for dessert, then some Devils beating the Sabres, and then the dog show, we realized we still needed a picture for today. But what was there to take a picture of? Pookie and I each grabbed a camera and staggered about desperately and mostly hopelessly. The best we could find was my friend the stinkbug. What a romantic Valentine's Day.
--Schn.
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.
I found this handsome Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) on leaf of native Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) in the woods today. (San Marcos Pass, 11 February 2024)
The green stink bugs which are indigenous to my area are much less common than the brown marmorated stinkbugs that have been introduced from Asia. But the green ones don't come into your house except by accident.
A small stinkbug, Mormidea lugens, said to be associated with grasses, but here found on goldenrod. Captured (and later released) for a photo session. I like the rather armored look.
Found this little bug crawling around & was intrested in the soft interdict pattern along the hard shell of it's body.
They've changed from pale green to mottled pink with red spot and black lines. The green egg in the front probably isn't fertile.
Here is another Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae snuggled among the new flowers of native Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus, Orobanchaceae) in the woods today. It is probably the same Western Red-shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta pallidovirens) that I recently showed as a mating pair in this photo - note that the colors of all three are different. They are stink bugs, but they don't really stink - they smell like cilantro! (San Marcos Pass, 3 September 2020)
It was warm today but actually cooler than expected, with highs still in the high 80s. Our Labor Day Weekend heat event starts on Friday morning and extends until Monday evening with triple-digit temperatures that may set all-time records. I'm not looking forward to this combination of heat and holiday.
Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order, which are commonly referred to as shield bugs or stink bugs.
Shield bugs have glands in their thorax between the first and second pair of legs which produce a foul smelling liquid. This liquid is used defensively to deter potential predators and is sometimes released when the bugs are handled carelessly.
Extracted from Wikipedia
These appeared in groups on low growing plant. The bug is possibly belonging to the genus agonoscelis. Identification suggested by Joan Young who had photograhed similar looking bugs in South Africa.
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Family: Pentatomidae
Two other similar look bugs are agonoscelis nubilis and agonoscelis femoralis.
Yucca filamentosa
Stinkbugs seem to especially like this plant as seen in this photo. It gets its species name from the threadlike filaments along the leaf margins.
Possibly Brochymena sp.
This hatched set of eggs is on the same tree as the unhatched set, just on the opposite site of the trunk.
Finney County, Kansas
Proxys punctulatus, called the "Black Stink Bug". At first I was puzzled by the tarsi on this critter, and then realized it was carrying pollinia from the milkweed.
This Tachinid fly (Trichopoda pennipes) spent its childhood inside a stinkbug slowly eating it from the inside out. With the increase of stinkbugs in our area I hope to see more of these pretty flies. Lake Elkhorn Community Gardens, Maryland.
Madison, Alabama
Sometimes also called Green Soldier Bug. Originally placed in the genus Pentatoma, it is one of three species in its genus in North America. Its Latin name means “lively, cheerful.”
A large, bright green stink bug, adults are 13-18 mm long, this species is found in much of North America, primarily in woodlands, woodland edges, and cultivated lands. In North Carolina at least they are active May through frost.
Feeds on plant juices from leaves, fruit, flowers. Feeds on trees, herbs, many crops. Adults and older nymphs are reported to prefer developing seeds and fruit and thus may become crop pests. "Catfacing" on developing peaches and nectarines is one type of damage to which these bugs are known to contribute (feeding by other bugs causes similar results).
"Keg-shaped" eggs are attached to the underside of leaves in double rows of twelve or more. One generation per year in North, two in south.