#heteroptera — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #heteroptera, aggregated by home.social.
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So far there is only one coneflower blooming in the garden. It has attracted hordes of 1) carpet beetles (which feed on pollen as adults); 2) thrips; and 3) minute pirate bugs and 4) whirligig mites, which both eat the thrips.
#bugstodon #insects #beetles #thrips #bugs #arachnids #mites #Coleoptera #Dermestidae #Thysanoptera #Heteroptera #Anthocoridae #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae
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A common bug, but difficult to get good photos because the wings are so shiny. Bullrush Bug Chilacis typhae.