Tag Archives: Hemiptera

07.30.2022 Suspension LIft Bug

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Steve Gingold

High water is nothing to worry about for this guy. Stilt Bug-Neoneides muticus on Boneset. I made almost the exact same image a few years ago also on this same flower. 7D Mark II, 100 macro, Canon MT-26EX twin flash. … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, insect, Massachusetts, Neoneides muticus, New England, Stilt bug, true bug, western massachusetts | 11 Comments

07.26.2022 Nature’s Artistry

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Of course, art is in the eye of the beholder and is only meaningful as such to humans. Everything else is about mating and survival for the insect. Leafhopper- possibly Prescottia lobata. Another new species for the yard and me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Hemiptera, insect, Massachusetts, Membracoidea, New England, Prescottia lobata, true bug, True Hopper, Typical Leafhopper, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

07.22.2022 Funny, I didn’t smell anything

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Green Burgundy Stink Bug-Banasa dimidiata Another new to me species in the yard. This, I think, is the fifth or sixth stink bug species we’ve had visit us. This one seems to want some blueberries. They like most trees and shrubs … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Banasa, Banasa dimidiata, Hemiptera, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Pentatominae, Pentatomini, stink bugs, true bug, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

07.12.2022 Botanical Omnivore

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This Lygus bug apparently will eat most anything. I’ve seen it’s larva on most of our flowering plants and according to BugGuide is hits most crops as well as garden plants. It’s the most common of plant bugs here in … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Hemiptera, Lygus lineolaris, Massachusetts, Mirid Plant Bug, Miridae, New England, Ware, western massachusetts | 15 Comments

08.24.2021 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Two-fer Tuesday means two of something…actually I first heard it on the radio when they would play two tunes by the same artist/group. And there likely will be two posts today. In this case it’s two “bugs”. Northern Flatid Planthopper-Flatormenis … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Anaxipha exigua, Brown Trig, cricket, Flatidae, Flatormenis proxima, Gryllidea, Hemiptera, Long-horned Orthoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Northern Flatid Planthopper, orthoptera, Planthopper, Say's Trig, Trigonidiinae, True Hoppers, western massachusetts, Winged Bush Cricket | 12 Comments

08.11.2021 Another Stinky

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I take their word for it as I have never smelled one of these either. I guess I would if I handled one but I don’t make a habit of handling insects. Anchor Stink Bug-Stiretrus anchorago Annual visitor to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Anchor Stink Bug, Hemiptera, Massachusetts, New England, predatory stink bugs, Stiretrus anchorago, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

07.05.2021 Macro Monday

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Small Milkweed Bug-Lygaeus kalmi. These colorful bugs feed on milkweed seeds and flower nectar, but can also be predacious eating honey bees and monarch caterpillars and others. as well as scavenging.

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Hemiptera, insect, Lygaeus kalmi, Massachusetts, New England, Seed Bug, Small Milkweed bug, true bug, western massachusetts | 22 Comments

06.30.2021 What is and what will be

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Sounds almost biblical but it’s only another insect post. I spotted this little bit of fluff on an elderberry leaf in our yard and, at first, thought it a wooly aphid. But with some research on the larger image realized … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Auchenorrhyncha, Citrus Flatid Planthopper, Fulgoroidea, Hemiptera, Massachusetts, Metcalfa pruinosa, New England, Planthoppers, True Hoppers, western massachusetts | 32 Comments

06.27.2021 Doin’ the leafhopper hanky panky

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I found this amorous pair mating on one of our milkweed plants last night. We have quite a few this year with a one or more on almost every milkweed plant…on the leaves of all things. Red-banded Leafhoppers- Graphocephala coccinea.

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Graphocephala coccinea, Hemiptera, leafhoppers, Red-banded Leafhopper, True Bugs, True Hoppers | 39 Comments

06.23.2021 Wordless Wednesday-Red

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Mirid Plant Bug-Miridae Red Milkweed Longhorn Beetle-Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Hemiptera, Massachusetts, Mirid Plant Bug, Miridae, New England, Plant Bug, red milkweed longhorn beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, western massachusetts | 15 Comments