Beautiful bug on Wild Sweetpea leaflet - Banasa dimidiata, Pentatomidae
Here is another photo of the beautiful "stink bug" that I show in my [Previous] photo - without the raindrops. I believe it is species Banasa dimidiata in the family Pentatomidae of the Heteroptera, Hemiptera. I got this photo in the afternoon when I got back from my walk today. The bug is on the same new leaflet of native Wild Sweetpea (Lathyrus vestitus, Fabaceae) where it was in the morning, though it has come out from under it. These bugs look almost too pretty to be native, but apparently they are. I've seen one before, see this photo from December 2015. (San Marcos Pass, 4 February 2019)
Rain, rain, rain! We've had another two inches of rain since yesterday at this time, bringing our total for the water-year up to 31.55 inches - getting close to our 33.85 inch average total for the year. Now it's turning cold, and we had some hail a short time ago. Showers are expected to continue through Wednesday morning, and now we're under a NWS Winter Weather Advisory with a chance of snow tomorrow evening. Hah, I'll believe it when I see it.
Beautiful bug on Wild Sweetpea leaflet - Banasa dimidiata, Pentatomidae
Here is another photo of the beautiful "stink bug" that I show in my [Previous] photo - without the raindrops. I believe it is species Banasa dimidiata in the family Pentatomidae of the Heteroptera, Hemiptera. I got this photo in the afternoon when I got back from my walk today. The bug is on the same new leaflet of native Wild Sweetpea (Lathyrus vestitus, Fabaceae) where it was in the morning, though it has come out from under it. These bugs look almost too pretty to be native, but apparently they are. I've seen one before, see this photo from December 2015. (San Marcos Pass, 4 February 2019)
Rain, rain, rain! We've had another two inches of rain since yesterday at this time, bringing our total for the water-year up to 31.55 inches - getting close to our 33.85 inch average total for the year. Now it's turning cold, and we had some hail a short time ago. Showers are expected to continue through Wednesday morning, and now we're under a NWS Winter Weather Advisory with a chance of snow tomorrow evening. Hah, I'll believe it when I see it.