Vernal Shield Bug
Lille Bærtæge
Peribalus strictus by scubahenlik
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Vernal Shield Bug
Lille Bærtæge
Aka Sloe Shieldbug.
Sierra de Castril, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
Minus one antennae .
MCM Frasers Hill , Malaysia .
For a while now, I've been carrying a piece of glass in my backpack and using it for experiments. This is one that I liked the result. It was also an option for letter P - Peribalus strictus, but I ended up choosing something else, so I'm sharing it now.
The vernal shieldbug (Peribalus strictus) is a somewhat plain-looking species with a pale, mottled pattern - but as a late instar nymph like this one, with it's metallic and red colour-combination, I think it is a stunner!
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53577315050/
Late in the season, at the end of August and the beginning of September, I often find birch shield bugs (Elasmostethus interstinctus) on the window stool on the outside of my house.
This shot was taken in 2024, but I took very similar shots just a week later in the season in the same place back in 2018 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48838151048/ and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49328431358/
MCM Frasers Hill , Malaysia .
Covered in minute black spots, this fouth instar green shield bug (Palomena prasina) was hanging out on the flower of a tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) when I spotted it on a trip to Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park in late July (of 2023).
There was competition for the best sunny spots today, but these three decided to share.
Found at Rocky Run Fishery Area in south central Wisconsin. Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found on blade of grass. Eggs look to possibly be Podisus sp.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Found at Rocky Run Fishery Area in south central Wisconsin. Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found on blade of grass. Eggs look to possibly be Podisus sp.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
The Common Green Shieldbugs in these two posts were found on the same day, just a few metres apart in the same strip of vegetation, yet one is the dark 'winter' form while the other is the more familiar green form which is seen throughout the spring and summer. Green adults change to brown in the late autumn, and back to green again in the spring, but I was surprised to find two which were so very different at the same time and place.
Huétor Vega, Granada, Andalucía, Spain.
I was enjoying a Midsummer's Eve picnic with wife and son by lake Långsjön in the Paradiset nature reserve when I noticed a small but very green little something working its way over the ground.
At first I didn't bother with it, but when I finally did, it turned out to be a blue shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea), also known just as the blue bug.
This is a predatory species and not very large - but that colour!
In my excitement over finding it, I completely missed not having the Raynox mounted on the lens so max magnification here is just 1:1 instead of the ~2.6:1 which is possible with the Raynox on.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52178980552/
The cabbage bug (Eurydema oleracea) is known by several other names: The crucifer shield bug, the brassica bug - and quite unforunately, the rape bug. This name isn't because of behaviour, but rather that they like rape seed plants as food, but it's still not very pretty.
The actual bug is quite pretty though and can vary a bit in colouration as evidenced by this pair on top of a ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) which have quite different markings from each other. These guys can even change in markings with age.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52350311106/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52755529464/
Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54309003465/
The cabbage bug (Eurydema oleracea) is known by several other names: The crucifer shield bug, the brassica bug - and quite unforunately, the rape bug. This name isn't because of behaviour, but rather that they like rape seed plants as food, but it's still not very pretty.
The actual bug is quite pretty though and can vary a bit in colouration as evidenced by this pair on top of a ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) which have quite different markings from each other. These guys can even change in markings with age.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52350311106/
Part 2 here:
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52755529464/
Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54307698432/
