Squash bug
Among the insect finds in my garden recently was this squash bug.
Among the insect finds in my garden recently was this squash bug.
Some more white background photos, this time of the aquatic predator, a water scorpion Nepa cinerea.
The Lesser backswimmer Plea minutissima is often overlooked, being quite small (about 3mm long), resembling and often mistaken for a small nymph of the ‘greater’ backswimmer (Notonecta sp.). They are a real pain to photograph, rarely stopping long enough to find such a small creature in the frame, let a alone focus on them! I…