Two Spiders and a Bug
Aug 22, 2020 14:39:30 #
While perusing the back yard today looking to pull up some tree roots before they got too well established I noticed a bug in a huge spider web. The web was probably three feet, top to bottom. When I started taking photos of the bug (is it an assassin bug by chance) I saw the spider start to move up toward it. But of course the bug was caught. Nowhere to run as they say.
On one of my eggplant leaves I noticed another spider, even smaller, on a leaf. He refused to turn over for a better photo.
For all of the photos I used my trusty Nikon D800 with the 105mm Micro lens.
All comments are welcome.
Dennis
On one of my eggplant leaves I noticed another spider, even smaller, on a leaf. He refused to turn over for a better photo.
For all of the photos I used my trusty Nikon D800 with the 105mm Micro lens.
All comments are welcome.
Dennis
Aug 22, 2020 20:18:54 #
Aug 22, 2020 22:56:48 #
tinusbum wrote:
i like the big bug!
I do too, thanks. By the photos he is only trapped by his feet. Any idea what it is?
Dennis
Aug 23, 2020 08:44:40 #
Very good pictures! The bug is in the family Lygaeidae. They are plant feeders. Can't make out the ID without a dorsal view. so... https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Lygaeidae&search=Search
Aug 23, 2020 09:30:28 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very good pictures! The bug is in the family Lygaeidae. They are plant feeders. Can't make out the ID without a dorsal view. so... https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Lygaeidae&search=Search
Good grief! I see what you mean. He looked very common until I saw the myriad of pictures and they ALL looked pretty common. Thank you.
Dennis
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