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In the gardens I'm generally looking down. This morning, though, I happened to look up into a tree. There I saw this Nezara sp., hanging out on a Japanese maple seed. Smelled ok to me...
Do you believe in love?
Yes I believe in love
I believe it's because I've tried
And if you know anything
Bout loving anyone
Somehow you got to be satisfied
Oh it's also changed
At least not for me baby
I'm doin' what I gotta do
I'll be fine
Find a way to pass the time
While I sit here waiting on you
Explored!
Highest position: 136 on Saturday, July 12, 2008
Stink bugs get their name from the unpleasant odor they produce when they are threatened. Scientists think this odor helps protect the bugs against predators. The stink bugs produce the smelly chemical in a gland on their abdomen. Some species can actually spray the chemical several inches.
Look at the date, I had a winter visitor in my house. These bugs like to find a way inside when the weather gets cold.
2x magnification
A dorsal shot of Musgraveia sulciventris which is a true bug in family Tessaratomidae with piercing and sucking mouthparts. These bugs live in forests, orchards and gardens in coastal areas here in Australia. Feeding on plants belonging to the citrus family Rutaceae.
Commonly called bronze orange bugs, they are known for their ability to produce unpleasant chemicals when disturbed. They can squirt a foul smelling fluid that will burn human skin and cause great discomfort if it gets in the eyes.
This was one of a large grouping covering a single plant. It is a 4th or 5th instar nymph.
25 mm length
Link to a lateral view: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/51689903008/in/datepo...
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This swallow doesn't look very happy about me taking his picture. Taken at the Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin.
I've been trying to find any insect on a colorful leaf for weeks. So glad it was a bright green stink bug on a pink leaf!
Caralluma Speciosa flowers with one of the very few critters that would ever enjoy its smell lol. It truly does stink (like a rotting animal), even from 10 feet away 😂
For those unfamiliar with the term, stink eye is the in vogue term for the old fashioned dirty look. It's commonly administered with a lowering of the eyebrows to express dislike or doubt (an older colloquialism would be the hairy eyeball).
In the gardens I'm generally looking down. That morning, though, I happened to look up into a tree. There I saw this Nezara sp., hanging out on a Japanese maple seed. Smelled ok to me...
The Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), or Antarctic giant petrel, is a massive seabird of the Southern Ocean, rivaling an albatross in size. Found from subantarctic islands to Antarctic coasts, it is both predator and scavenger, exploiting carcasses, seabirds, and fisheries waste. Two plumage morphs exist—dark and light—and, when threatened, it defends itself by ejecting rancid stomach oil, a trait that gave rise to its nickname, “stinker.”
For identification, Macronectes giganteus differs from M. halli by its pale green to olive bill tip (vs. reddish in halli) and its darker brown eyes (vs. pale yellow or grayish).
• Petrel gigante del sur, Abanto marino antártico
• Southern giant petrel, Antarctic giant petrel
• Petrélao-gigante-do-sul
Scientific classification:
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Clade: Amniota
Clade: Diapsida
Clade: Archosauria
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Clade: Neoaves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Macronectes
Species: M. giganteus
Pelagic waters off the coast of Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay (35.1073°S, 54.9380°W)
I will wait for you till the day I can forget you or till the day you realize you cannot forget me...
original pose by confession.
In the gardens I'm generally looking down. That morning, though, I happened to look up into a tree. There I saw this Nezara sp., hanging out on a Japanese maple seed. Smelled ok to me...
If you saw my previous two photos, of a lacewing larva feeding on these stink bug eggs... well, it seems the lacewing either was unable or unwilling to eat them (maybe they don't taste great), because yesterday all but one or two of them hatched. The lacewing stayed on the eggs for more than a day, so it wasn't for lack of opportunity.
I found this pretty little bug just sitting on the leaf, and it stayed for a bit so I could get some shots :)
Hope everyone has a great week! :)
Oh yeah, it's that stink bug again.... we were chatting for a while a few days ago... and no matter how small the little rascal was, it felt like it was constantly looking down on me.... well, not as a person then but as a human being... as a representative of the idiocy of evolution.. and/or the creator's bizarre humor... and once again it felt like we need to do more to care for our dear planet, our mother Gaia... and it feels like we're on the right track.. NOT!!
Think about how strangely unexpected encounters can make thoughts fly.... Show less
Spring arrived October last year and with it a delightful find for me...a collection of silver Pentatomidae eggs at the tip of a blue chalk stick succulent (complete with trailing spider silk!).
Each egg just 2 mm in width.
The Pentatomids are known as stink bugs or shield bugs. These insects are frequently found in large numbers on crops and weeds.
Possibly eggs of the spined predatory shield bug Cermatulus nasalis, the brown soldier bug.
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