@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
Post #2415235
2026-05-07 17:54 UTC
There were many of these little fellows in the bushes, but they were very shy & usually scampered off when I moved near.
But after a few attempts, I got some reasonable shots – these are nymphs of the plant bug Closterotomus biclavatus (🇩🇪 Zweikeulen-Weichwanze), but will be much more boringly coloured when adults 🤷♂️
#Löwenstein 🏰
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 18:04
A brief interlude, with a bug that I also have in the garden at home – a mottled shield bug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa; 🇩🇪 Graue Gartenwanze). But it is remarkable quite how many new species I saw in the hedgerows of the Tagungsstätte Löwenstein, just 60km south-east of here as the crow (or insect) flies. #Löwenstein 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲