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Post by Avinalaff on Jul 1, 2015 23:43:31 GMT
Looks like it may be the larva of a harlequin LB. They are an invasive species that came to our shores I think form America, and do to a degree threaten he UK's natural population of ladybirds... Nice one. Not my picture obviously. They remind me of Hammer Head sharks, as some of their heads are similarly angled. I'd guess all those spikes are probably to prevent them getting swallowed?
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Post by bilbo on Jul 2, 2015 10:50:26 GMT
The spikes just look like spikes. Warning colours. These little nymphs squash really easily.
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Post by Avinalaff on Jul 2, 2015 11:38:26 GMT
The spikes just look like spikes. Warning colours. These little nymphs squash really easily. Here was I thinking you were an animal lover. Instead, you simply keep photographical records of everything you've squashed.
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Post by bilbo on Jul 2, 2015 13:01:00 GMT
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Post by 3in11 on Jul 2, 2015 18:55:44 GMT
Great images bilbo, I've always liked spiders (I suspect because my mother hated them) and find close ups of the little ones fascinating. I was sitting out back of my work about 5am and was watching the ants systematically climbing a rose bush to 'milk' the aphids, they don't seem to like those Ladybird nymphs much either, they mob them. There's a few insects that I'm not keen on but generally I find them fascinating: Ants and Bees for their engrossing communal activities ( I wish I understood why 90% of ant behaviour seems pointless) and others just because they are so easily dismissed/trodden on etc. Wood lice amuse me and flys often surprise me with their willingness to obey instructions - "Get out now, there's the window.....now or I'll swat you...goodbye". Got any woodlice pics? Incidentally, I did a series of paintings, about 5 years ago, called 'Art For Insects' but I seem to have lost the disc I saved photos of them on.
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