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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I found this critter on a broken twig earlier. So tiny that even my 10x hand lens wasn't much help. Thankfully macro lenses and photoshop can reveal the hidden secrets of teeny tiny bugs. I think this is a nymph of Closterotomus fulvomaculatus, which is a mirid bug that doesn't seem to have a common name.



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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited May 2022
    Aquilegia rider; Every bloom this evening had someone on board. Just chillin'.



  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Not insects, but two baby frogs have appeared in my micro-pond this evening for the first time seen this year. Always lovely to see frogs back for their summer spa. They've never spawned there but they love to bathe.
  • garrythegardenergarrythegardener Posts: 21
    I really like the detailing of Moth @wild edges
    plantgrower
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Lovely @Big Blue Sky, who needs a moth trap when you have a window! Thats a brimstone moth this time 
  • mikeymustardmikeymustard Posts: 495
    Fantastic pics @Papi Jo
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Thanks, @mikeymustard I've had confirmation that those are larvae of Harmonia axyridis, the Asian ladybeetle.
    On the same rose-tree an adult ladybird, but a different species, probably Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird.



  • DeterminedNoviceDeterminedNovice Posts: 13
    edited May 2022
    Saw this guy this morning on some lavender. No idea what he is - but I left him minding his own business! Anyone have any ideas?
    Edit to add: My best Google guess is a Ladybird or Vine Beetle of some sort...

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