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Mark McCaughrean<p>Bonus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> – a rather lovely shot (even if I do say so myself 🙂) of a female marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) this evening.</p><p>Taken just after another heavy rain shower – few of the usual suspects had reemerged into the garden yet, but this plucky little lady was already making her flower rounds again. </p><p>You can see a few drops of water on her wings, along with some specks of pollen. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heidelberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heidelberg</span></a> 🏰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>And on the drone fly front, a few not so good pictures snatched between showers to show that we do indeed have males, not just the females as posted on the last two days.</p><p>The clue is in the eyes – in males, they touch, while in females they're separated.</p><p>Two pictures of a male common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) &amp; one of a male tapered drone fly (Eristalis pertinax). </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Still alternating between sun &amp; showers here, but the insects have to make a living somehow 🤷‍♂️</p><p>Something new today – a female lesser hornet hoverfly or wasp plumehorn (Volucella inanis). In German, it's the Gebänderte Waldschwebfliege or banded forest hoverfly 🐝</p><p>This wasp/hornet-mimic hoverfly lays its its eggs in the nests of genuine wasps &amp; hornets, &amp; its larvae are ectoparasites of theirs 😬✌️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Bonus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> – a dock bug (Coreus marginatus), seen in one of its later nymph stages. </p><p>For comparison, I'm also reposting a picture of an adult dock bug, taken exactly a month ago today. </p><p>One major difference is that the adult has wings, although I doubt that any foul chemical energy drinks from Austria were involved 😬🤪</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Another day, another female common drone fly (Eristalis tenax).</p><p>But this is not the one I photographed yesterday (added for comparison) – today's is darker, with only hints of the orange spots on the second tergite (abdomen segment) &amp; no strong orange stripe below.</p><p>Apparently the orange markings are highly variable &amp; depend on the temperature at the time of pupation. </p><p><a href="https://uk.inaturalist.org/projects/uk-hoverflies-syrphidae/journal/99282-identifying-eristalis-in-the-uk-from-photos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.inaturalist.org/projects/uk</span><span class="invisible">-hoverflies-syrphidae/journal/99282-identifying-eristalis-in-the-uk-from-photos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>A rather cool &amp; soggy day – it started raining again, just as I'm typing this – so only a few bees in the garden.</p><p>And this bee mimic, a common drone fly (Eristalis tenax). From the darker colour scheme &amp; separated eyes, it appears to be a female.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
tickfoot<p>What is this, a leaf lobster? </p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/insectsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Daniel Scher 📷<p><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p><p>(You may need to click to see the full vertical image)</p><p><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/InsectsOfTheFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfTheFediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/insectsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebee</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>A rainy, warm, &amp; muggy day, but good to be back among the insects in the garden after several days in Sweden 🙂👍</p><p>Something new today: a female meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina), happily feeding upside down in the flowers 🙃</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
AlexTranscaucasian Giant Mantis<br> <br> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/mantis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mantis</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/insect?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/bugsofpixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bugsofpixelfed</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/insectsofthefediverse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectsofthefediverse</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/insectsofmastodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/binsectsofmastodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#binsectsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/naturephotos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturephotos</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/outdoorphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outdoorphotography</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/outdoors?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/wildlifephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/urbanwildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanwildlife</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/urbanwildlifephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanwildlifephotography</a>
danthebugman<p>An American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) that was fluttering around the yard while I was mowing this morning. It finally set still long enough that I was able to get some decent pics. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/grasshopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grasshopper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insectsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InsectsOfTheFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfTheFediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Orthoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orthoptera</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Bonus bee &amp; bokeh in the golden hour 🙂</p><p>One of the many bumblebees (likely Bombus terrestris) making the most of the lavender before sunset, after a day of on &amp; off again heavy rain 🐝⛈️</p><p>Probably my last back-garden photo for a few days – am heading to Sweden tomorrow to give a talk at a student summer school &amp; work with collaborators 🔭✨</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Something a little different today. </p><p>The hummingbird hawk moth that I've seen in recent days has started visiting the lavender bush as well, tempting me into some slow motion movie-making 🎬</p><p>This is at 240fps, so slowed down by a factor of eight. In real-time, it's hard following the wee beastie around &amp; keeping it in focus 😬</p><p>I'll see if I can do better 💪</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Had to go out in the 30°C heat of the day for my 50km ride today, to avoid forecast heavy rain &amp; storms this evening 🌞🥵⛈️</p><p>The bad: too hot &amp; too sunny, &amp; by the second half of the ride I was stopping every 5km to overcome nausea 🤢</p><p>The good: lots of dragonflies &amp; damselflies at the Fischkinderstube pond nr Edingen. That made me happy 🙂</p><p>Most were skittish, hence the rubbish phone pix 🤷‍♂️ ID in ALT TEXT for each one.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyclingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingLife</span></a> 🚴‍♂️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Going out to look at bikes this afternoon, so to tide you over, here's a false blister beetle (Oedemera podagrariae; Echter Schenkelkäfer in German) from yesterday.</p><p>The chunky thighs mark it as a male – perhaps a bike sprinter 🙂</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Bokeh overload 😻</p><p>I thought about cropping this picture more tightly on the bee ... for about a nanosecond 🤪</p><p>For once, more is more, framing the bee against the lovely creamy background of the trees beyond our garden in the sunset golden hour 🌞</p><p>It's likely a carder bee, although the species evades me – we have lots in many colours &amp; sizes, &amp; I'm constantly flummoxed when trying to ID them 🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Now *that's* what I call a defensive posture 🙀</p><p>Or should that be posterior? 🤪</p><p>The spiky arse on this little fly is remarkable – it's a Tachina ferox, also known as Nowickia ferox. </p><p>In German, it's a Schwarzfühler Borstenfliege or roughly "black antenna bristle fly". </p><p>It was flying around too quickly to get a definitive single shot, but between the four photos, you'll get the idea 🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>No time earlier in the day &amp; very little light left in the evening, so not much chance to see who was around in the garden 🤷‍♂️</p><p>But revisiting a subject from ten days ago or so, here's a not very sharp picture of a ferruginous bee-grabber fly (Sicus ferrugineus) from above. </p><p>The sprinkling of small pink flowers on its head somehow conjures up a bridesmaid ... or maybe that's just me 😬✌️ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Primus inter pares 🙂👍</p><p>My favourite butterfly of the summer so far – a common blue (Polyommatus icarus) in the garden today 🦋</p><p>The black &amp; white fringed blue topside means it's a male – the females have a range of browns &amp; blues, with orange edge spots. The underside is pretty as well.</p><p>Pictures aren't super-sharp – I was struggling to keep my footing in a steep location, trying to get closer 😬</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Another bug for you, this time a random shield bug that I can't identify properly, partly because I only have a shot of its underside.</p><p>But still pretty &amp; worth sharing.</p><p>If anyone can ID it from just this angle, please let me know.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BugOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugOfTheDay</span></a> 🪰<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> 🔬<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectsOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BackGardenEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackGardenEntomology</span></a> 🪲</p>
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