@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
Post #2415236
2026-05-07 18:04 UTC
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 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 18:14
This is a very cool beetle, that makes its way in the world by mimicking a wasp – evolution is quite creative sometimes. Unlike the people that named it in English – it's called the wasp beetle (Clytus arietis; 🇩🇪 Echter Widderbock) 🤷♂️ It's similar to C. lama, but differentiated by having black antenna tips. #Löwenstein 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲