#true bug

[vintagewildlife]

Thorn bug By: Robert C. Hermes From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Insects & Spiders 1977

#thorn bug #true bug #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #1977 #1970s #Leonard Lee Rue III #Wild Wild World of Animals

[ryancat]

this guy :)

reference photo by shanelle97 , posted by @onenicebugperday here !

#gouache #digital art #csp #art #bug art #stink bug #bugs #hemiptera #true bug

[onenicebugperday]

Spike wilters in the genus Pephricus, Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)

Found primarily in southern Africa

Photos 1-3 by bartwursten, 4-5 by magdastlucia, 6 by ryanvanhuyssteen, 7 by venturefoth, 8 by cecileroux, and 9-10 by oswaldkurten

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #true bug #leaf footed bug #spike wilter #camouflage #one nice bug #true bugs

[arthropod-diagnosis]

Name: Harley & Co. Landscaping Inc.

Skill: Kinder Garden

Quote: "Buy 1, get 31 free!"

(Image by zabbey on iNaturalist)

#bug diagnosis #insect #true bug

[revretch]

I saw. SO MANY BUG today. (Sorry in advance for bad phone camera quality and shaky hands)

Male March fly!!! (Thanks to @microecobus for the ID!)

Baby sawfly!

Tiny assassin bug!

Flat bug (actually what they're called) and a zebra jumping spider!

Better look at the jumping spider!

Male California glowworm (species of firefly where only the babies and wingless females glow)!

Aphids!

Spittlebug (hiding in the foam on the leaf)!

And last but not least, a huge male snakefly (females have long ovipositors)!!!! So cool to find this one, I've only seen one in person once before in my life!

That's not counting the crane flies, honeybees, ants, little round orange mite, various flies, brown marmorated stink bug (of course), tiger butterfly, boxelder bugs, and tons of little parasitoid wasps I saw pollinating. An excellent bug day for Rev!

#rev retches #insect #bug #assassin bug #aphid #snakefly #firefly #glowworm #spittlebug #fly #spider #jumping spider #true bug #flat bug #beetle #sawfly #larva #my art #photos are art it works #long post

[akari08biyori]

Akasujikinkamemushi-kun, a kind of true bug (previous work)

#bug #insect #bugs #insects #true bug #Mushinonakama

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a reddish-brown broad headed bug with white accents on its antennae on a bright red leaf surrounded by similar green leaves /End IDs.]

#Alydidae #Broad headed bug #Hemiptera #True bugs #True bug #Bugs #Bug #Bugblr #insect #Insects #Invertebrates #Inverts #Arthropods #Entomology #photos #Photo #Wasp House Sights

[vii-spider]

back on campus and i found two cicada exuviae today... gonna look 4 more tomorrow ::3

#bugs #cw bug #cw bugs #entomology #cicada #exuvia #hemiptera #true bugs #true bug #cicada shell #cicada season #bugblr

[coleopterabyte]

If a thorn bug were anthro would the thorn be a like a funny wizard hat or like a dorsal fin?

#bugposting #true bug #treehopper

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Firebug (aggregation) - Pyrrhocoris apterus

In previous posts featuring this insect, the aggregations I've found were near the of a tree (and some of the surrounding plants) or nearby in the surrounding grasses. These Red Bugs had gathered to absorb the setting sun's heat and to search for seeds (their primary form of nutrition) and while aggregated they enjoy safety and comfort in numbers. All this is nothing new, but where urban environments and nature come together, the Common Firebug may be found in strange places. In today's post, the aggregations found here were either on or near a wooden utility pole! A while back, I noticed a similar event with a similar looking insect: the Eastern Boxelder Bug. Both insects had mistaken a piece of human construction for a tree. Looking at it from an insect's perspective, a large wooden object may very well be mistaken for tree, especially if it has similar scent cues still attached to it. A utility pole unfortunately cannot be used as a food source, but does have potential to act as a shelter from the elements or a sunning location. For the former use (as can be seen from Pictures 5 and 8), as many individuals as possible can cram into the cracks and hide away, similar to the recesses and holes of trees (similar behavior also occurs when they find their way inside a house).

Firebugs would have to rely on other creatures to expend the crevices in order to fit every Bug in the aggregation, but alas, nature is survival of the fittest. What may benefit the Firebugs more is a eusocial/colony structure whereby the younger nymphs hide away in the woody voids while the adults monitor and search for food. While not eusocial in any way, there are small inklings of such a system in the aggregations. If you look closely, your attention may be drawn more to the spotted, larger and redder adults and not the smaller nymphs that try and hide beneath them. Meanwhile, loose aggregations and single Firebugs scamper about on stone and concrete looking for a source of food and shelter. What can start as one individual in an area can quickly turn into many individuals gathering in an area thanks to potent pheromones. However, different pheromones from this insect can also cause aggregations to separate and scatter. This may be useful as a defense, but likely has more value in use for after mating (for egg dispersal) or if an aggregation grows too large and food sources are in short supply. With reduced wings to prevent flying away (in most cases) personal stuff is all the more important, and it's furthermore great that this specie can run very quickly should an aggregation need to suddenly form or disperse.

Pictures of individuals or loose aggregations were taken on June 16 and August 5, 2022 with a Google Pixel 4. Pictures of the large aggregations were taken on October 1, 2022 with a Google Pixel 4.

#jonny’s insect catalogue #ontario insect #firebug #firebug aggregation #common firebug #red bug #hemiptera #heteroptera #true bug #insect #aggregation #insect aggregation #toronto #june2022 #august2022 #october2022 #2022 #entomology #nature #invertebrates

[vintagewildlife]

Cicada By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

#cicada #true bug #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #1990s #Wildlife Fact-File

[4r0m4nt1s]

Yesterday I witnessed a bug convention on a stretch of a wooden fence. I have never seen so many ladybugs on same place without any apparent reason (like food) for them to be there, there were atleast couple dozen of them. Also a handsome true bug!

@onenicebugperday do you have any idea why the ladybugs were all hanging on the same place? Also, if you can id the true bug or the ladybugs more specifically that would be lovely ^^

Uusimaa, Finland, 2022

#my pics #bug photography #insect photography #true bug #ladybug

[arthropod-diagnosis]

Name: Zig Bu of the Dreaming Cycle

Skill: Purge Flaws

Quote: "Once I revert to an egg, I must bury myself underground for 3 years. There my form matures."

(Image by krylenkosl on iNaturalist)

#bug diagnosis #insect #true bug #cicada

[sorrcha]

septembug prompt 6 - "liquify"

north american wheelbug, Arilus cristatus

#art #traditional art #septembug #animal #insect #bug #true bug #assassin bug #wheelbug

[revretch]

Not a lot of bug finds today, but some showy ones! (Sadly, can't take credit for the specific IDs on these this time--that's iNaturalist.)

Dancer damselfly! Not only was this one calm for their photo, they fluttered over closer to me when I was done. So chill!

Cinnabar moth! Tried to get this little idiot off the sidewalk where they'd get stepped on, and instead they did a threat display at me and wandered off onto the side of the road :| Hope they're okay....

Bright-spotted groundbug! Not as colorful as the others, but one I haven't seen before!

Also yesterday saw this bumbledy bee. I think she was a fog-belt!

#rev retches #insect #bug #my art #bee #bumblebee #damselfly #true bug #moth

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a young grey leaf footed bug on a slightly dirty white metal surface, the insect appears to be missing one pair of legs /End IDs.]

#leaf footed bug #leaf footed bugs #hemiptera #true bugs #true bug #bug #bugs #Bugblr #insects #insect #entomology #arthropods #invertebrates #Inverts #photos #photo #Wasp House Sights