Grass Bug by Enmos

Photography • Macro • posted on Jun 29, 2005

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Thanks for viewing !! :o) - Grass Bug, Stenodema laevigatum Bodylength: 8- 9 mm This species has a strikingly slender build compared to other members of its family. It is also quite a longlived species and it is the female that overwinters. The larvae appear in the beginning of summer and the first adults appear in August. They are light yellowish, not unlike older grass. In autumn they slowly turn to brown, in which color they overwinter. After that, in spring, the color changes to green, making them less conspicious in the fresh grasses. So the coloring changes according to the seasons and the surrounding colors. Larvae and adults feed on various grasses, particularly Meadow Foxtail, Timothy, Red Fescue, Common Bent and Wavy Hair-grass; they are especially fond of the flowering heads, sucking the flower buds and unripe grains. Here it sits on Timothy, Phleum pratense. Have a wonderful wednesday !! :o) - Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "Sheep's Bit" !! -- Many thanks, Jeroen

Comments (51)

pixelatorz

4:13PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

cool one :) the light is awesome, a cute guy too

cynlee

4:14PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

tiny little thing... you have a marvelous eye! :]

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Akinom

4:35PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

What I've always said... you have a great eye for those buggers! Not only fantasticly captured but also brilliantly composed! Wish I could do that!

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Lledeline

5:07PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Great macro/

kennyliu

5:14PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

I like the lighting here!

solrac_gi_2nd

5:30PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

I love it all. Bravo Jeroen !!!

Nilla

5:53PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Very cool image I just love the light in this shot Jeroen! The about rocks too! :)

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tesla

9:17PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Xlent photo!!!That's a lot of green!!!

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Sekadhar

10:22PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Excellent as always!*****!

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watapki66

11:08PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Amazing composition and macro, the lighting is perfect!

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maggiemai

11:27PM | Wed, 29 June 2005

Such a strange little bug...just like a blade of grass. I love the unusual plant he is sitting on also. This is another fantastic macro and perfect lighting!! :-) Excellent ...excellent.. excellent! :-)

KiwiMiss

12:34AM | Thu, 30 June 2005

Amazing light but how on earth did you manage to see him

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EricSBauer

1:28AM | Thu, 30 June 2005

fantastic light and color but the dof really steals the show here!!! awesome capture!!!

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WandM

2:13AM | Thu, 30 June 2005

A wonderful green dream!

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Georges_H_Hoens

10:53AM | Thu, 30 June 2005

Very beautiful and elegant shot Jeroen. have a nice evening, G.

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Chaos911

11:14AM | Thu, 30 June 2005

super good photo, i realy like this one!!!

Wivelrod

5:41PM | Thu, 30 June 2005

When I first opened this I almost tried to swat away the fly thats on the grass, for a moment I though it was on my screen. The clearness makes the image almost 3D :)

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Punaguy

1:25AM | Sat, 02 July 2005

Another clean macro..lighting is magical! Looks like some of the grass hopppers we have here. Aloha~

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nongo

2:06AM | Sat, 02 July 2005

Superb macro image Jeroen!!!! always, you impress me!!! Makes me wonder though??? were you in that movie, "Honey I shrunk the kids"???? LOL!!!! It could explain how you see all these tiny critters!! LOL!!! ;)

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