A few pictures from the field
Nov 9, 2016 22:41:46 #
Here are some more pictures from a couple trips out into the field.
1.) A young stink bug (Apoecilus sp.) feeding on a tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum).
2.) A very cooperative marsh fly (Tetanocera sp.). This one just sat there and let me take all the pictures I wanted.
3.) Finally, I see a lot of these small spiders known as the six spotted orb weaver (Araniella displicata). They commonly build a little orb web in the concave bowl of a tree leaf, as we see here. The name comes from spots on the dorsal side of the abdomen.
1.) A young stink bug (Apoecilus sp.) feeding on a tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum).
2.) A very cooperative marsh fly (Tetanocera sp.). This one just sat there and let me take all the pictures I wanted.
3.) Finally, I see a lot of these small spiders known as the six spotted orb weaver (Araniella displicata). They commonly build a little orb web in the concave bowl of a tree leaf, as we see here. The name comes from spots on the dorsal side of the abdomen.
Nov 10, 2016 02:44:35 #
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Nov 10, 2016 09:41:46 #
Pretty little spider and web, I am always impressed by how clever spiders are to weave so well.
Nov 10, 2016 09:59:51 #
Nov 10, 2016 10:37:01 #
tinusbum wrote:
nor I, nice shotsgood find, i did not know stink bugs were predators
Nov 10, 2016 11:14:22 #
Depending on the species, stink bugs can be plant suckers (a noteworthy example is the common Brown marmorated stink bug, now invasive in the U.S.). But other species are nasty little predators that can take very large prey, as shown here.
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