This is a nymph of a Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae on a narrow leaf of Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. (San Marcos Pass, 29 July 2025)
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This is a nymph of a Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae on a narrow leaf of Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. (San Marcos Pass, 29 July 2025)
Shore bug, kwelderspringer (Salda littoralis)
Plant bug, mirid bug, blindwants (Dicyphus bolivari), rare species (in the Netherlands), zeldzaam (in Nederland)
Originally from the Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain and the South of France.
Oorspronkelijk van de Canarische Eilanden en uit Marokko, Spanje en Zuid-Frankrijk
Bright and colourful little insects. True bugs with piercing and sucking mouthparts.
These bugs feed on many species within family Malvaceae, as well as cultivated cotton. I've read that have also been observed feeding on Illawarra flame tree flowers, Grevillea and bottlebrush saplings.
This is probably a female, adult, but colour variations are great within this genus.
20 mm body length.
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South Llano River State Park, Junction, Kimble County, Texas
Ant damsel bug, miersikkelwants (Himacerus mirmicoides), nymph
Here is a "true bug" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on on a flower part of native Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. I reckon it is a Plant Bug in the family Miridae or something similar. (San Marcos Pass, 20 July 2025)
Santa Barbara County, California
Plant bug, mirid bug, blindwants (Dicyphus bolivari), rare species (in the Netherlands), zeldzaam (in Nederland)
Originally from the Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain and the South of France.
Oorspronkelijk van de Canarische Eilanden en uit Marokko, Spanje en Zuid-Frankrijk
We're spending two weeks of our summer vacation at my mother-in-law's house outside Härnösand which is about 500 km north of our house in southern Stockholm.
When I was eating breakfast a couple of days ago, my MIL told me that she had found a weird bug in the kitchen, but had relocated it out in the patio railing under a plastic cup for me.
But when we went out to see what she had found, there was no plastic cup. It turned out the wind had taken it and I found it on the ground beneath the patio. To my surprise however, the bug was still on the patio - and it was this assassin bug known as Rhynocoris annulatus!
There are two Rhynocoris species in Sweden, but so far I've only come across this one a couple of times. The other one is also black and red and hopefully, Ill find one of those the next time.
Val Verde County, TX, US.
Nabis is a genus true bugs in the Damsel Bug family Nabidae. The genus contains almost 20 species in the United States, and over 40 in North America alone. Like the family Reduviidae, Nabids are predatory throughout their lives and feed on smaller, soft-bodied invertebrates.
Clouded Plant Bug on a Purple Coneflower - Sony A7S II, C-mount to E-mount adapter, macro tube, Fujian 35mm f1.7 CCTV lens
Here is a "true bug" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on on a flower of native Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. I reckon it is a Plant Bug in the family Miridae or something similar. (San Marcos Pass, 8 July 2025)
Red-legged shieldbug, roodpootschildwants, boswants (Pentatoma rufipes)
Here is a small "true bug" (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on a flower of native Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. It's pretty! I believe it is Tupiocoris californicus in the Plant Bug (Miridae) group, see BugGuide. (San Marcos Pass, 6 July 2025)
Red-legged shieldbug, roodpootschildwants, boswants (Pentatoma rufipes)
I had some help identifying this little guy with the white eys on a tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) in Tyresta National Park. It turns out this is an alfalfa plant bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus), also known as the Lucerne bug.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54507701183/
This is another "true bug" inside a flower of native Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. This pretty bug is Closterocoris amoenus (Miridae, Heteroptera, Hemiptera). It is the handsome adult that comes from the ant-mimic true bug nymph in this photo. That little white flap on top of the flower is its stigma, the sexual part of the flower that receives pollen, and it's touch-sensitive. If you take a grass stem and poke it, you can watch the flap close in a few seconds -- great fun with kids in the woods! (San Marcos Pass, 5 July 2025)
The forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes), is also known as the re-legged shieldbug. But since this one on my finger is not the adult form, but the fifth and final instar stage, it hasn't gotten the red legs just yet.
What it *does* have is a gorgeous shimmering blueish-green colour which the adult lacks. Both sport that yellow-spotted edge on the back which makes me think of black-and-yellow warning tape.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54628678200/
Compare it to the adult form here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53874095743/