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Looks like a nymph of Nezara viridula, Southern Green Stink BugMichele Nel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:33 pm Another bug taken at Kirstenbosch...maybe a stinkbug nymph. ???
Very pretty ..I didn't have my macro lens with me though.
I think it is a Garden Acraea (Acraea horta)
Thank you :)Klipspringer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:26 pmThis is an awesome photoMichele Nel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:29 pm I hope I have this correct...
We can post insect images here and possibly get an ID ??
I am not the best when it comes to ID of insects .....they are either bugs, grasshoppers, ladybirds, dragonflies, wasps/bees hornets, flies, caterpillars, mosquitoes or butterflies/moths...
But I do like to know what I have photographed . :)
Here goes...
I believe this one is a Protea Beetle ( Bug ) - taken at Kirstenbosch in September this year
Protea beetle Trichostetha fascicularis ssp. fascicularis
Thx .. I thought it may be a Southern Green Stink Bug Nymph....:)Klipspringer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:15 pmLooks like a nymph of Nezara viridula, Southern Green Stink BugMichele Nel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:33 pm Another bug taken at Kirstenbosch...maybe a stinkbug nymph. ???
Very pretty ..I didn't have my macro lens with me though.
Not so pretty now.....Interesting photoMichele Nel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:05 pm
Thank you Lisbeth. As Klipspringer quoted in the description of this beetle they bury themselves head first into the protea ..luckily I managed to get a photo of it before it buried itself into the protea. I have many of these photos....
I have been to Kirstenbosch literally hundreds of times and this was the first Protea Beetle I had ever seen. :)
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Did it dive into the flower head and was then hidden? Is that a King protea?The Beetle was like that for a while with just it's rear end sticking out . I then was distracted by a jackal buzzard that swooped over my head so I went off after him and forgot about the beetle. Yes it is indeed a King Protea . :)Klipspringer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:30 pmInteresting photoMichele Nel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:05 pm
Thank you Lisbeth. As Klipspringer quoted in the description of this beetle they bury themselves head first into the protea ..luckily I managed to get a photo of it before it buried itself into the protea. I have many of these photos....
I have been to Kirstenbosch literally hundreds of times and this was the first Protea Beetle I had ever seen. :)
CB6C7586.jpg
