Show your Bugs and Critters

[JRinFL]

DSC01798 by David Wimmer, on Flickr

Great shot! The depth of field makes it look like a giant emerging from the mist.

[Makunochimaster]

Cerambycidae ?

[Manixguy@1994]

Fantastic bug shots ! I’m envious of your talent , thank you for sharing as always . Dan

[Makunochimaster]

whoever has the talent expensive lens is the photographer

[Manixguy@1994]

whoever has the talent expensive lens is the photographer

And a stealthy bug hunter ! Dan

[Manixguy@1994]

May need a bug expert, not sure about this one . Spots are confusing me to identify .

[Manixguy@1994]

I named him Bloke . Showed up out of nowhere and hung out in garage. :)

[Giygas]

May need a bug expert, not sure about this one . Spots are confusing me to identify .

It's a green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris) See fig. 12 and 14:

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN794

[Manixguy@1994]

May need a bug expert, not sure about this one . Spots are confusing me to identify .

It's a green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris) See fig. 12 and 14:

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN794

So would it be considered a immature Green Stink Bug or does it stay green ? Definitely had the Stink Bug smell usually Stink Bugs here are black to dark gray . Thank you for your help ! Dan

[Giygas]

May need a bug expert, not sure about this one . Spots are confusing me to identify .

It's a green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris) See fig. 12 and 14:

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN794

So would it be considered a immature Green Stink Bug or does it stay green ? Definitely had the Stink Bug smell usually Stink Bugs here are black to dark gray . Thank you for your help ! Dan

Essentially, yeah. It's an immature stinkbug.

It looks to be in the last nymphal stage.

[awa54]

Awesome find! His head is flattened down a bit, so it looks like you caught some cool shots in one of its defense postures too.

They’re getting more rare to see these days. Were you by chance exploring the Cape Cod National Seashore?

Yep, in the dunes on the way out to the Race Point beach, actually quite close to the road.

Theoretically they're in Vermont, but this was the first (and only) time I'd seen one in the wild!

As you can see by how large the sand grains are in relation to the snake, he/she was tiny, but that didn't stop it from attempting intimidation when I stopped to take pictures when I overstayed my welcome it tried to curl up and hide under it's self... I left before I forced the final act of playing dead.

[Woodpuppy]

A number of these guys are doing their pre-flights as I sit in the yard with the pups.

[Pokey]

This one hung out above the door for several hours.

[Manixguy@1994]

This one hung out above the door for several hours.

We had a common White Tail Dragonfly around our pond yesterday but it was moving around so fast I was unable to get a picture . Dan

[Manixguy@1994]

Snack time ! Dan

[Mushroom]

That’s funny because I saw an ant having a snack on a horse fly yesterday! Most likely delivering it back to the rest of the ant colony. Made sure to get a shot for this thread.



Actually, over the past few days I’ve taken a handful of pics for this thread.

Spotted a baby Fowler’s Toad while I was out fishing the other day.


A Japanese beetle


And my niece spotted this caterpillar today while we were out fishing


Had no idea what type of caterpillar it was but after a bit of research I learned that it is a “Turbulent Phosphila Moth Caterpillar.” Some really cool colors on this one, in my opinion. Reminds me of the Boston Bruins!

[Mushroom]

And on the topic of snack time, I caught a video of a jumping spider catching a moth. I find spiders eating things oddly captivating.



The video was already kind of poor quality to begin with, then all the cropping and converting only reduced quality further. Still the majority of the action is mostly visible.

[Mad Mac]

Here a common yellow garden spider is sucking on a red wasp
that I swatted out of the air with my bare hand
and gently stepped on.

When I tossed the wasp into the web by my front door
Geraldine raced to it and secured it in a spun silk blanket.
Later, she retrieved the "cocoon"
and carried it to the center of the web for a snack.

We repeated this a number of times that summer.

[Manixguy@1994]

And on the topic of snack time, I caught a video of a jumping spider catching a moth. I find spiders eating things oddly captivating.



The video was already kind of poor quality to begin with, then all the cropping and converting only reduced quality further. Still the majority of the action is mostly visible.

Nice pictures , insects catching prey fascinate me too . Dan

[Manixguy@1994]

Here a common yellow garden spider is sucking on a red wasp
that I swatted out of the air with my bare hand
and gently stepped on.

When I tossed the wasp into the web by my front door
Geraldine raced to it and secured it in a spun silk blanket.
Later, she retrieved the "cocoon"
and carried it to the center of the web for a snack.

We repeated this a number of times that summer.

Love that spider shot ! When I was a young kid I was running between rows of Corn to get on other side where some buddies were waiting . I did the Home Alone movie scene face first into a very large Garden Spider web . Buddies asked why I was screaming when I got on other side . Funny now but then it was horrific.