[Arjay Bee]

Back yard bugs - passionfruit leaves. Anyone know what they may be - they are very social.





K3 & Tamron 90 Macro

[noelcmn]

Lacewing


Leafhopper-Xposted

[photolady95]

They look like the assassin bug nymphs we have here but ours are bright red which also gather like yours do, Arjay.

[WPRESTO]

They look like the assassin bug nymphs we have here but ours are bright red which also gather like yours do, Arjay.

The bugs in the images posted by Arjay Bee are not assassin bugs, but they are in the same group = Heteroptera* or "true bugs." The unmistakable identifying features are the half-hardened anterior wing and the diamond-shaped pattern of the veined wings exposed at the back end of an adult at about 7 o'clock in the second image in particular. I cannot identify any but a handful of about 3,800 species in the USA, much less those in Australia..

*Heteroptera includes two groups of insects that were formerly separate = Homoptera which includes leafhoppers such as in the second image posted by noelcmn just above, and Hemiptera = "half wing" or "partial wing" bugs, a very diversified group that includes the assassin bugs as well as those pictured by Arjar Bee.

[Wasp]

This fellow paid a visit to my garden. I had to run inside the house to fetch a camera and attach my faithful SMC Pentax A 50mm f/2.8 macro lens. I only had the chance to take a couple of shots before it flew away. It was overcast and the light was not good. I had to make do with a relatively wide aperture (f/5.6 I think). I will keep an eye out for a return visit. Perhaps next time I will have better light so I can use a smaller aperture for a bit more DOF.

[WPRESTO]

This fellow paid a visit to my garden. I had to run inside the house to fetch a camera and attach my faithful SMC Pentax A 50mm f/2.8 macro lens. I only had the chance to take a couple of shots before it flew away. It was overcast and the light was not good. I had to make do with a relatively wide aperture (f/5.6 I think). I will keep an eye out for a return visit. Perhaps next time I will have better light so I can use a smaller aperture for a bit more DOF.

The limited DOF is fine in that image because it's positioned exactly right.

[Arjay Bee]

The bugs in the images posted by Arjay Bee are not assassin bugs, but they are in the same group = Heteroptera* or "true bugs." The unmistakable identifying features are the half-hardened anterior wing and the diamond-shaped pattern of the veined wings exposed at the back end of an adult at about 7 o'clock in the second image in particular. I cannot identify any but a handful of about 3,800 species in the USA, much less those in Australia.

Thank you Walter. I am 'stranded'in NZ at the moment with my parents. So add in another thousand varieties for New Zealand

[Kerrowdown]

With all that's going in the world just now... these guys are definitely classified as "Key Workers" any time and all the time.

[noelcmn]

A chance for some shots with this bee.

[photolady95]

Nice series Noel. Thanks for helping keep this thread going.


I hope to be able to get out and take some photos too with my Tamron Di 90mm soon.

[WPRESTO]

A chance for some shots with this bee.

Nice shooting noelcmn. I think the first one is the best as the eye is right in the plane of focus. Looks as though the bee turned a little in the second and got near side wing more into focus and picked up more highlights on it to define its texture, but at the expense of moving the eye slightly out of focus.

[noelcmn]

Thank you sir!

[Arjay Bee]

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[noelcmn]

[Arjay Bee]

Mantis on daisy
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