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So many little Stinkbugs entering the world. They are adorable at this stage. Not so much when I find them in my house :)
Every day for a couple of weeks this summer, I dumped stink bugs (Elasmostethus interstinctus) out of the rain gauge, rather than rain. Sometimes up to a dozen.
Ugh. They give off a skunky, rotten smell from repugnatorial glands when they feel threatened. Perfect word, 'repugnatorial.'
It's a wise gardener who knows what's eating the plants. Our Buttonbush, blooming or not, attracts a wide array of insects. This year, Green Stinkbug Nymphs are enjoying the leaves. Despite being agricultural pests, they make interesting macro subjects. I try to let all creatures "Live and Let Live" in the garden - that is UNTIL they begin devouring everything in sight.
This is a Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug) nymph (5th instar). One of the most beautiful bugs I've come across.
Degonetus serratus, Family: Pentatomidae
ID Credit: Many thanks to
Flickr members wild things and rockwolf for the wonderful discussion
Prof. David A. Rider (North Dakota State University)
Prof. M Nayyar Azim ( as in tribe Degonetini (Azim & Shafee, 1984) )
Dr. J. Poorani (National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources)
For more info visit: IndiaNatureWatch
Poecilometis strigatus
Family: Pentatomidae (stinkbugs)
Order: Hemiptera
This stinkbug, like others in the family, produces a foul smelling liquid when threatened.
This bug is usually found on leaves rather than on the stems of plants.
Pleants that it frequents include eucalyptus, milkweeds, grasses and banksia.
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Degonetus serratus, Family: Pentatomidae
ID Credit: Many thanks to
Flickr members wild things and rockwolf for the wonderful discussion
Prof. David A. Rider (North Dakota State University)
Prof. M Nayyar Azim ( as in tribe Degonetini (Azim & Shafee, 1984) )
Dr. J. Poorani (National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources)
For more info visit: IndiaNatureWatch
A common visitor year round in Michigan. You can even see the little red photoreceptor eyes on it's head (ocelli) !
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. The distinctive smell comes from aldehydes such as CH3–(CH2)2–CH=CH–CHO.
Stinkbugs normally appear during the spring and summer months.
...plus a bit of bug porn.
Good morning everyone and Happy Hug a bug Day to you. Featured today is a Green Shield Bug, which is a bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae and is also known as a green stink bug or green soldier bug.
As for these photos, all three were taken last week with the above at one location and the two in the comment section at the reclaimed strip mine. While numerous Pentatomidae species are green and difficult to differentiate from one another to a casual observer like yours truly, I'm pretty certain the ones pictured in this short series are Chinavia hilaris.
As always, don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the two pics along with some informative text on this bug in the comment section. Or you can scroll to them by clicking on the arrow to the right of the above photo in the field of black. And if you want to view any picture large all you have to do is click on it.
Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a truly nice 1st day of Autumn.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .001 seconds (1/800) focal length 300mm
Just because we're not cute with spots or eat Aphids and we're probably the slowest, stupidest bug you'll ever encounter dosen't mean we don't need love. All we're asking for is a little kindness before you toss us out the door or down the toliet. Did you notice the rubies on our head!
55mm Nikon Micro f/2.8 w/27.5mm Ext. Tube, Hand Held and the orange is from one of those squeeze clamps.
Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug, or simply the stink bug, is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, and it is native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It was accidentally introduced into the United States, with the first specimen being collected September 1998 in Allentown, PA. From Wiki. Most folks on the East Coast of the US know these guys.
Well I won the bet and now I get to throw this Stink Bug out in the cold. The Bug thought that if I made him look real nice, wrote some sappy crap about him that he'd make Explore. Wrong!! :) Maybe it was that, "...slowest, stupidest..." part.
Update: Well it seems the Stink Bug does have some good luck after all! He can stay in the house!!! And a big Thanks to Susan, "Susan 1445" who knew about the Ocelli or Simple Eye!!!
Brown Marmorated Stinkbug designed and folded by Jake Schenthal. Folded from an uncut square of origamido paper. Hope you all like it! :)
5th instar nymph stinkbugs on rocket plant - taken in Gordon's Bay garden.
Common name: Southern green shieldbug.
Scientific name: Nezara viridula.
Family: Pentatomidae.
I think this is a Birch Shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus. This one was enjoying bright orange nasturtiums on a sunny afternoon.
To read all about how this little stink bug became a superstar, you can read my latest blog: leslieabram.com/how-stinkbugs-became-superstars/
Who knew stink bugs could be so beautiful? The orange on this particular one looks like orange peel!
Imagine finding a raspberry larger than yourself and just be able to climb on top of it and eat as much as you want.
That's what happened to the trio on this two-exposure focus stack from my mom's summer house in Värmdö, Sweden.
The species in question here is a fifth instar green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina), a fifth instar sloebug (Dolycoris bacarum) and the small one is another green shieldbug, but in the fourth instar stage.
The sloe bug is also known as the hairy shieldbug and in this stage, it is easy to see why it's called that (and interstingly, the adult (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48794500803/) isn't hairy at all).
For the German and Dutch, the sloe bug is a very fitting visitor here on the raspberry as they know it as "Beerwanze" and "bessenwants" respectively - where "Beer" in German and "bes" in Dutch means "berry".
This insect was in our garden perched on a blade of wild scallion. A Rough Stink Bug
(Brochymena) is beneficial to the garden...eating aphids and catepillars. Thanks to
"Mr & Mrs Apteryx australis" for the ID!!
Being that winter had set in already here I wondered what alive item I could photograph in macro for Macro Monday's theme "It's alive". Then the sun came out and this guy that obviously found its way in weeks ago came out to sun itself. After his photo shoot he found himself out in the snow.
The first specimen in the US was collected in September 1998. We first started be harassed by them about five or six years ago.