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Description


This common bug has a flattened, shield-shaped body, as the name suggests. It is bright green in colour with delicate flecks of black that look like small puncture marks. In November, the insects darken in colour and spend the winter hibernating with a dark-bronze colouration. Although the sexes are similar in appearance, females tend to be larger than males. Like all bugs (Hemiptera), the green shield bug has specialised sucking mouthparts, which in this species are used to feed on plant sap. This species belongs to a sub-order known as the

Comments (36)


Jay7347

2:18PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

My jaw just dropped on the texture of this little beauty...cool work! vote -jay

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Sekadhar

2:22PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Absolutely perfect!!!*****!!!

LICORNEDECRISTAL

2:29PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

very beautiful macro!!!!!

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1010

2:29PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

A stealth bug, awesome.........

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iaacf

2:54PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Looks like a green stink bug.. very beautiful macro !!!!

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Akinom

3:06PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

WOW... look at the texture!!! Superb, Danny! Hope you had a great time on the chess competition!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

3:08PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Stuning macro... chapeau !

soulofharmony

4:12PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

absolutely stunning macro dan.. pretty alien like .. excellent work..:).

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Enmos

5:15PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Wonderful macro work here mate, weird buttie tho ;oP Fantastic work !! :o)

Tedz

5:43PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

I must be part Bug...as I have been told that I have Specialized Sucking Mouth Parts too...well...darn...it is cute...just like Me :]

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Perry6

5:47PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

What a beauty! He looks like something out of a science fiction movie! Excellent shot!

Raven_427

7:34PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Still having fun with your MP-E65 Danny? DOF is extremly narrow on this one and i'd love to see that spare space in front of the bug instead of it's back. Just an idea .. :-)

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cricri99

7:37PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

a flying tortoise ? great shot and vey beautiful work...excellent

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RodolfoCiminelli

8:10PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Wonderful job my friend!!! Impressive detail!!! V

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addiek

8:37PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Groovy detail.. even the concrete looks good

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nongo

8:52PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

LOL @ Tedz!!!!!! excellent macro work, and I DO appreciate the info too!!!! ;)

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Jean-Luc_Ajrarn

9:01PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Thanks for this spectacular photo! One never gets a chance to see that much awesome detail on a creature that small. Beautiful photo! :D

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SophiaDeer

10:19PM | Tue, 31 May 2005

Beautiful close-up! I love the color of the green.

WonderfulCreation

1:47AM | Wed, 01 June 2005

cool bug heh.. was a bit more dof not reachable? It's a bit to shalow in this shot imho... what your F value?

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1pearl

2:58AM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Excellent picture !!!

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danob

3:06AM | Wed, 01 June 2005

f7.1 Tom yes at 3 times magnification with the MPE-65 So only a few mm DOF maybe a crop of the front may have worked better

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crrunchyfrog

7:13AM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Beautiful and educational as always :) Thank you so much for sharing such a great capture.

Kropot

9:27AM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Nice pov and dof here Dan. Its like a little green bag.

MedTran39

1:16PM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Awesome! I had never heard of nor have I ever seen this kind of bug! Very interesting!

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GOLDILOCKSUK

1:17PM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Awesome closeup really amazing V Cathy xoxoox

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gunsan

4:39PM | Wed, 01 June 2005

Oh my... glad he isn't my size!! Super macro!

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zaberc

5:12AM | Thu, 02 June 2005

beautiful macro !

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mss

10:53AM | Thu, 02 June 2005

Great Colors and DOF and Subject and Info...Thank you!

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tommorules

3:34PM | Thu, 02 June 2005

Great shot Danny, are those holes in the shell ..erm... pores?

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borsy

10:24PM | Thu, 02 June 2005

Excellent!!!

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