A wonderful surprise in my garden! The very handsome Brachycarenus tigrinus. I’m not sure if it’s new to Nottinghamshire, but suspect it’s not been here long.
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@wildlifetom.bsky.socialA wonderful surprise in my garden! The very handsome Brachycarenus tigrinus. I’m not sure if it’s new to Nottinghamshire, but suspect it’s not been here long.
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@plazi-species.bsky.social#NewSpecies
New bug from #japan just snuck in:
Omoplax sandoru
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/5EF97720-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #OmoplaxSandoru
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #bugs
@kentgrasshoppers.bsky.socialWe went to the allotment today to tidy the shed, and found at least a dozen Rhyparochromus vulgaris hanging about inside. #KentNature #bugs #Hemiptera
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialIt's behind you! Sloe Bug, Dolycoris baccarum, on a Hazel leaf. The Blackthorn bushes where behind it on the other side of the path. #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Suffolk
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialOuch! Something has taken a peck at this Firebug. One forewing seems to be missing (the red corium with its black dot and the terminal membrane) exposing the membranous hindwing. On a Lime tree in Christchurch Park Ipswich #Suffolk today.
#Hemiptera #Insect #Anatomy
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialWell I know Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus, have an appetite for Lime tree seeds but this is amazing! 🤯
(…or maybe a squirrel got there first!) 🌰🐿️😉
In Christchurch Park Ipswich today.
#Hemiptera #Suffolk
@plazi-species.bsky.social#NewSpecies!
New true #bug from #china just showed up:
Kuwania hiemalis
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A5E68139-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DEZ #KuwaniaHiemalis
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera
@jeremybartlett.bsky.socialFirebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus.
Lots at the base of Common Lime trees at Blo' Norton, Norfolk, yesterday.
They have benefitted from the hot dry summer.
I'm glad something has.
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialBefore and after the sun came out in the garden, what I think are Pea Weevil, Bruchus pisorum, & Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius. #Coleoptera & #Hemiptera
#Cambridge
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialToday, the first adult Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula, in the garden this year, on a Small Teasel seed head.
#Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Cambridge
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialSloe Bug aka Hairy Shieldbug nymph on White Deadnettle at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk on Sunday.
#WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialSurprised to see Southern Green Shieldbugs, Nezara viridula, on Small Teasel, a change of diet from runner beans!
#WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialBugs in #Suffolk today:
Parent (above) and Hazel (below) happy to share a leaf but Sloe wanting at least two of my fingers for itself.
#Bugs #Hemiptera
@jyrobert.bsky.socialSaldula arenicola found yesterday in a sandpit in Jersey. At least one other species of saldula seen, maybe i will get better images next time #hemiptera #bug
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialLots of Lime trees in Christchurch Park Ipswich but I only found Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus, on a few between the Mansion and St Margaret's church.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #Suffolk
@plazi-species.bsky.social#NewSpecies!
New #plantbug from #south_africa just showed up:
Fatumocoris flattirei
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0BCF72A4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/AfrI...
#AfricanInvertebrates #FatumocorisFlattirei
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #entomology #hemiptera #bugs
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialBugs in sunshine. They're at it again in the garden. Probably a 5th instar Southern Green Shieldbug in company, but what is it? Too hairy for an earlier instar but maybe a Rhopalus subrufus nymph. 🤔
#Bugs #Hemiptera #Cambridge
@dudefromearth.bsky.social3-7-26
Giant Leaf-footed Bug
(Acanthocephala declivis)
Houston Botanic Garden
Houston, TX
#texasphotography #GiantLeaffootedBug #Acanthocephaladeclivis #entomology #Hemiptera #Texas #Houston #HoustonBotanicGarden #Truebug #LeafFootedBug
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialIn the garden this morning a gathering of Southern Green Shieldbugs, Nezara viridula, maybe 3rd, 4th & 5th instars. Are they missing the climbing beans that were dug up a week ago?! 😬 Lower right photo seams to show nymph with discarded exuvia.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #Cambridge
