First true bug of the year, a seed bug of some sort. Flew straight into my face. I had to get them under the microscope. Cute colorful goober. #InverteFest2026 #TrueBugTuesday #Hemiptera #NativeSpecies #Herbivore #Mississippi #Orange #Yellow #Cute #Bugsky
Finished. Here's a quick colored drawing of a large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus), based on a photo I took. About 2 hours total. #SockyArt #Art #SciArt #BugArt #FurryArt #BugSky #InsertAnInvert #Pencil #HumanArt #Cute #Hemiptera #TrueBugTuesday #Mississippi #NativeSpecies
Group of brightly coloured blue and red harlequin bugs with an oddly pale orange sibling.
Young hibiscus harlequin bugs with metallic blue and red colourings. These are originally red with black stripes immediately after hatching.
Metallic blue and red young harlequin bugs.
Adult female harlequin bug (bright orange) clutching a group of eggs attached to the stem of a hibiscus bush.
#TrueBugTuesday
I’ve observed the whole life cycle of these hibiscus harlequin bugs over the last two years but first time seeing this pale coloured juvenile.
Perhaps a genetic aberration?
#entomology
An orange insects with white polka dots. It is standing on a leaf.
An insect with red wings with blue veins and a yellow and blue striped head.
An insect with broad red stripes on the wings and yellow on the bottom of the head and legs. It is standing on a leaf.
A dark blue insect with white polka dots on the wings. It is standing on a leaf.
How about a parade of colorful leafhoppers? These insects are in the order Hemiptera, commonly called true bugs. A key characteristic of the order is having piercing-sucking mouthparts and leafhoppers use this built-in straw to drink plant sap. #TrueBugTuesday
A cicada shell in front of a white background. Light shines through the shell showing various details like the segmented abdomen.
Here is a fun photo of a cicada shell for #TrueBugTuesday. You can make a photo like this by backlighting the shell with a large diffuse flash.
A brown bug with patterned wings, black eyes, and a long snout. It is standing on the stalk of a plant.
Snoots checking in for #TrueBugTuesday
The Partridge Planthopper can be found sporadically in most of the eastern US east of the Rocky Mountains. Even though this insect has a common name, there isn't much info about them. #inverts
(Scolops sulcipes)
Eastern bee assassin (Apiomerus crassipes) I observed last year eating some sort of wasp. #TrueBugTuesday #Hemiptera #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna www.inaturalist.org/observations...
A small, spiky black bug with a tan abdomen. It is clinging to the stalk of a plant.
When I found this insect in the summer of 2023 I called it the most adorable thing I'd ever seen. Not everyone agreed with me. BUT, it's a teeny, tiny, baby assassin bug and I still this it's super cute. (Sinea sp.) Pennsylvania #Inverts
#TrueBugTuesday
macro photo of a small, elongated true bug. they have a two tone rust/dark brown lace-like body pattern and thread-like legs. they are on a white porch railing, facing to the right and slightly up.
A little bit of lace for #TrueBugTuesday
Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Empicoris culiciformis) 4.5mm of delicate death.
(if you are a small arthropod)
#inverts #becurious
Bright orange harlequin bug on a hibiscus bush.
Juvenile hibiscus bugs varying in colour from red/black to red/metallic blue.
Close up of orange hibiscus bug.
Hibiscus bugs of varying colours on hibiscus bush.
This week’s pics for #TrueBugTuesday
A black and orange Large milkweed bug, and a black and orange and gray Small milkweed bug.
Large milkweed bug, and small milkweed bug. Two amazing true bugs that benefit from milkweed. #Twosday #TrueBugTuesday #TwoferTuesday *Not to scale.
An insect with red antennae, a bright green pronotum, and a gold and brown scutellum. It is crawling down a bare branch.
Super stylish stinker for #TrueBugTuesday
Stink Bug (Hypoxys sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
I’ve been doing #TrueBugTuesday and I think Cri might be posting with #TwoFerTuesday
Macro photo of a tiny true bug on a dried flower. the view is looking down at the top of the bug. they are white dotted with red dots. they also have blue and gold color on their wings and lavender eyes.
The world is covered in teeny jewels!
An ab fab Genus Arhyssus Scentless Plant Bug for #TrueBugTuesday
#becurious #inverts
A tan and white striped bug facing the camera and standing on a leaf.
How about a fancy jewel bug for #TrueBugTuesday? While this one has muted coloring, many jewel bugs are brilliantly colored, with a wide range of iridescent metallic hues.
(Symphylus ramivitta) Tatama National Park, Colombia
A small, oblong shaped insect that has alternating red and green stripes on its wings. It standing on a leaf and has a small droplet of liquid flying away from its read end.
Red-banded Leafhoppers drink lots of sap and produce lots of waste fluid. They launch the fluid away from themselves and an interesting study showed that they use the surface tension of the droplet like a spring to launch droplets further. 🤓
#TrueBugTuesday (Graphocephala coccinea) #inverts
