Red-shouldered Bug, Jadera haematoloma, is locally common, wherever its host plants, soapberry trees, can be found. Tiffany Springs, Missouri, USA, September 3, 2022.
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Red-shouldered Bug (Jadera haematoloma)
Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Garland Texas
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Having a party on the soapberry tree.... It was hard getting a shot in the wind - when I went back the next day to try again they were gone.... Another new species for my prairie bug species set.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127669-Jadera-haematoloma
Insecto de hombros rojos
Красноплечий клоп
Red-shouldered bug the short-winged form (brachyptera) usually is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) long. Soapberry bug is a species of true bug that lives throughout the United States and south to northern South America. It feeds on seeds within the soapberry plant family.
(This image is half of the story, read below to know the full).
Right after the Springs finish watering all the earth, living creatures emerge from the ground. The view was stunning because the ground and soil look like it was moving, these creatures were so different from the known vegetation; they were moving on their own! Thousands of different species from microorganisms, worms, insects, and snakes, it was now a complete forest creating the perfect cycle of life.
(Spanish): Fábula de los Bosques de Florida. (Los Movidos).
Después que los manantiales terminaron de regar toda la tierra, criaturas vivientes comenzaron a brotar del suelo. Parecía como si el suelo se estaba moviendo, pues eran organismos muy diferentes a la vegetación, pues estos se movían. Miles de diversas especies, desde los microscópicos, gusanos, insectos y serpientes. Y todos ellos poblaron la tierra, contribuyendo a un perfecto balance viviente).
(Image taken with: Nikon D7200 + reverse Nikon AF-D 35-80 f/4)
(Location: Sanford, Florida).
This image from my Album: A Florida Forest Fairy Tale..