Shieldbug

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:39 pm

At least I think it's a shieldbug of some type.

Kind of hairy! I need to do some more checking on an ID for this one.

Nilkon D200. Canon 35/2.8 macro on bellows. 72 image stack.

Nilkon D200. Canon 35/2.8 macro on bellows. 50 image stack.

Nilkon D200. Nikon 10X microscope objective on bellows. 88 image stack.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:43 am

That rostrum always seems to capture my attention, as so do those compound eyes. Excellent as usual Charlie

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:09 pm

Excellent images as always.

Bruce

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:12 pm

This one didn't see the hairdresser for a months!

Great!

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:59 pm

amazing as usual, i gotta go with number two im a sucker for overhead shots.

Ib Mathiasen · Post by **Ib Mathiasen** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:32 am

As usual a grait foto - beautiful bug in that size

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:02 pm

Ken Ramos wrote:That rostrum always seems to capture my attention, as so do those compound eyes. Excellent as usual Charlie

Excellent, indeed! The word seems inadequate...

Ken, I am fascinated by the rostrum as well, particularly since I was just recently looking under the microscope at a shield bug that I found apparently comatose. The structure of its rostrum seems just like the one that Charlie shows here -- some sort of tube arrangement inside a sheath.

A bit of Internet searching turned up this source, which illustrates the structure and says:

All of the insects classified as Hemiptera have a highly specialized rostrum (proboscis) in which all structural elements are elongated to form a tubular feeding channel. The mandibles and maxillae are long and thread-like. All four of these feeding stylets interlock to form a flexible feeding tube that is no more than 0.1 mm in diameter yet contains both a food channel and a salivary channel. The stylets are enclosed within a protective sheath (the labium) that shortens or retracts during feeding.

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:53 am

Makes one glad we have knives and forks, can't imagine walking around with one of those under my chin. Thanks for the home state link Rik.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:52 am

Great as usual Charles!

I can't help feeling with all those 72 image stacks you have done with the D200 it will be worn out just at the right time when the D300 becomes available from November onwards! How many cameras do you stackers wear out?

DaveW

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:41 pm

yep, Charles always shows us the most interesting parts of the insect. Never fails to make me go "WOW"

Dearis · Post by **Dearis** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:17 am

Hi there,

great images really interesting especially that 3rd shot

Regards Darren