Tablecloth Tweener - _TNY_3992
The unusual background is just my mother's tablecloth on the patio table at her summer house in Saltarö on the Värmdö peninsula in the Stockholm inner archipelago.
The critter in the shot is, despite the black legs, a red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), also known as the forest bug.
The reason behind the incorrect leg colour is that this isn't an adult. As soon as it has grown enough, it will moult for the fifth and final time and turn into the adult form - which looks like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49057293721/
Tablecloth Tweener - _TNY_3992
The unusual background is just my mother's tablecloth on the patio table at her summer house in Saltarö on the Värmdö peninsula in the Stockholm inner archipelago.
The critter in the shot is, despite the black legs, a red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), also known as the forest bug.
The reason behind the incorrect leg colour is that this isn't an adult. As soon as it has grown enough, it will moult for the fifth and final time and turn into the adult form - which looks like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49057293721/