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Natural closeup on an instar, nymph of the Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccraum on a purple thistle
One of a few taken on a Sorby Natural History Society trip around RSPB Coombes Valley
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".
Dolycoris baccarum sobre Artemisia verlotiorum ?
Dolycoris baccarum final instar
One of a series of photos taken during a Buxton Field Club visit to the quarry.
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Dolycoris baccarum 1st instar nymphs
Sloe Bug
(Dolycoris baccarum)
Dehesa del Generalife,
Granada,
Spain
