I just love the ways bugs try not to be found. Here's a Phytocoris lichen-mimic plant bug from Texas, if you can see it.
A Plant Bug, genus Hyalopeplus, spotted at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Singapore on 24 December 2023. A colourful looking insect.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194726918 ].
Look at the whiskers on this one! My first time seeing this moustachioed miridae.
Heterotoma planicornis on my hydrangea.
Der Name Schwarzköpfige Eichenweichwanze (Phylus melanocephalus) sagt schon alles. Eine Wanzenart mit charakteristischem schwarzen Kopf, die an Eiche (Quercus) zu finden ist.
Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/60 iso: 400 6/7/2012 Srbsko, Czech Republic #Miridae #hemiptera #insects #invertebrates #grassBugs #Macro #grasslands
Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/60 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #Hemiptera #leptoderma #miridBugs #miridae #GrassBugs #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Gothic Plant Bug, Capsodes gothicus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/ 6.3 1/320 iso: 250 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/16/2023
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#bugs #hemiptera #Miridae #MiridBugs #PlantBugs #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
Placochilus seladonicuson Field Scabious, Knautia arvense Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/400 iso: 250 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/13/2014 #Hemiptera #miridae #miridBugs #bugs #PlantBugs #grasslands #macro #Insects #invertebrates
Alfalfa Plant Bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus on Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare Canon 7D EFs 60 2.8 f/4.5 1/400 iso: 250 Milovice, Czech Republic 8/8/2019 #hemiptera #miridae #Miridbugs #plantBugs #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #pests
Lygus gemellatus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/3.5 1/400 iso: 320 Prague, Czech Republic 7/18/2020 #Miridae #hemiptera #Insects #miridBugs #bugs #PlantBugs #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands
Interestinger and interestinger. This is Trilaccus mimeticus (#Hemiptera, #Miridae), a species only described in 2020 in this paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00001012
The paper says, "Trilaccus mimeticus sp. n. is unique amongst Saturniomirini, having sinuate margins and transparent fascia of the corium, giving the mimetic appearance of a wasplike petiole."
64 records already in #iNaturalist, a few from before the species was named:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&taxon_id=1063801
Quick shot from last night. I assumed it was going to be an alysiine braconid. #iNaturalist immediately suggested the same thing, so I don't feel so stupid, but it's clearly #Hemiptera.
It resembles #Miridae like #Rayieria but the antennal segments all seem off for that.
Any pointers from #hemipterists out there?
European Tarnished Plant Bug. Lygus rugulipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/160 iso: 400 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 10/10/2010 #Miridae #MiridBugs #Hemiptera #Bugs #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #pests
Red-spotted Plant Bug, Deraeocoris ruber Canon 7d efs 60 2.8 F/ 4.5 1/320 ISO: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/1/2019 #Miridae #Hemiptera #MiridBugs #bugs #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
European Tarnished Plant Bug. Lygus rugulipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 10/10/2010 f/7/1 1/160 iso: 400 #Hemiptera #Nugs #miridae #miridbugs #plantBugs #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/ 60 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/ 2012 #miridBugs #miridae #Hemiptera #insects #invertebrates #grasslands #macro