The Living Forest (157) : Forest Bug
The Forest Bug is a species of shield bug living in forests and woodlands.
This insect is a consumer of tree sap and uses piercing mouthparts to withdraw the liquid, mainly out of oaks but alder, hazel, apple- and cherry trees are also used.
Its body colour is a good camouflage while having dinner on a tree bark, as you can see in the picture.
Dutch name : Roodpotige boomschildwants
German name : Rotbeinige Baumwanze
Latin name : Pentatoma rufipes
carinart 17/05/2011 13:53
Nur du kannst uns die Natur soo nahe bringen! Ausgezeichnet!L.G. Karin
dirk van Appeldorn 15/05/2011 9:39
a perfect macro...you're just the best :-)rgds
Dirk
Andrea Sagawe 13/05/2011 11:36
Excellent close-upandrea
Norbert Kappenstein 13/05/2011 10:39
Perfekt die Schärfe und der Schärfeverlauf.Ganz wunderbares Makro.
LG Norbert
Irbenika 13/05/2011 0:04
Super macro!! Great focus on this insect!Irb
Vera M. Shulga 12/05/2011 21:38
very nice macrowonderful image
willy ombret 12/05/2011 21:32
superbe macrocompliments
willy ombret
Adele D. Oliver 12/05/2011 20:52
So small and well camouflaged - but you spotted him. A very fine capture with great sharpness and well isolated details against the rocks.greetings, Adele
Vitória Castelo Santos 12/05/2011 20:43
Hello Mark, what wonderful picture!!!!!!!!!!!Regards
Vitoria
Josef Kainz 12/05/2011 19:42
Ein sehr schönes Makro gefällt mir sehr gutjosef
viola d 12/05/2011 19:16
A well camouflaged animal but not enough to hide from the lens of you camera?:) Your pictures are a treasure trove of knowledge. Rgds, Violaaline64 12/05/2011 16:59
une belle punaise avec une netteté sur la carapace de cet insecte ! belle macro Markamicalement
Angelika El. 12/05/2011 16:55
Oh, sie ist zu Fuß unterwegs... :-)) und Du hast sie wunderbar erwischt!!!
Ganz feine Schärfe!
LG!
Angelika
Ryszard Basta 12/05/2011 15:02
perfekcyjnie toprezentujesz
Sylvia Schulz 12/05/2011 14:07
Ich mag keine Wanzen, aber die Aufnahme ist perfekt in allen Belangenlg Sylvia