MY CREEPY, CRAWLY, HOPPING WEEK
Be forewarned if things that creep, crawl, hop or go bump in the night bug you!
As you might have guessed, I spend the early part of the week working, fixing, painting and cleaning up around the exterior of the house and garden. And my camera was at hand to catch any surprising photos that might cross my path.
Ok, I cheated! This was from my last Zoo visit.
I found this cloisonné-like Bug hanging out on one of the back window screens.
I do believe it is actually an Ailanthus webworm or ermine moth.
Oh creeps! He had his eyes right on me.
This one I called a shield bug. Thanks to Lynn (see comment below) I learned that it is really a Halyomorpha halys aka.a brown marmorated stink bug.
This one was praying I wouldn’t paint over him.
Obviously, this was a wood splinter or thorn bug. Surely, I jest, Google was no help.
This little fellow seemed quite hoppy.
And this one was setting up a STING!
Ok, sometimes I get carried away with macro photography or seeing how close I can get to a bug before it flies, hops or crawls away. And some are even in focus, too!
Posted on October 6, 2012, in A PHOTO FEATURE and tagged insects, just bugs, macro photography. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
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The bug you call the shield bug is Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug. We see them quite frequently here in the South.
Thanks for the info … and I always thought my mother was making up the name when she called it a stink bug.
Those are some pretty impressive macro shots. Always enjoy them, even when they are of our creepy crawly kinds of friends. Whenever we need to create monsters, we can do no better than to look to nature and magnify it.
It’s amazing that bugs allow you to get so close … without attacking!
They must know you mean them no harm.