STINKY VISITOR
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A Green Stinkbug (true name), stopped by to visit my pink Cosmos. The bug is approximately 1/2 inch wide and 3/4 inch long. Taken 10/7/08 in my garden, Clarks Valley, PA
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
F stop: F/5.0, Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Focal length: 24.0 mm, No flash, Shutter speed (Tv): 6.6
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Lois Bryan
GORGEOUS, Lori!!!!! Yours are GREEN??? Ours are brown … at least the ones I’ve seen lately are. Have a funny story .. when Rich (my son) was in school in Lynchburg VA, he would frequently take the top off his Jeep and leave it open. As the nights would get cool … stinkbugs would crawl inside and spend the night. LOTS of stinkbugs!!!! He was NOT happy about it!!!!! This is a fabulous macro, hon … wonderful detail … and the colors are sooooo gorgeous!!!!!!!!
ldeiter78 replied
Thanks Lois! Funny story… we have brown ones too. I don’t know if they really stink? Maybe if you crush ‘em!
SandraRos
WOOOOOW WEEEE GREAT macro shot !!! Your bug looks absolutely stunning against the flower with perfect sharp focus on the bug
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you sooooo much Sandra!!
Lois Bryan
LOL!!! I pride myself on my good nose (can’t see or hear but I can smell, rofl) ... and Rich swears they stunk up his car something awful!!!! LOL!!! But you might be on to something … I don’t know if he carefully removed them one at a time or just started swiping at them (thus crushing them???)
tigerlady96
Lori this is a wonderful macro and beautiful shot
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you Linda!!
laurav
fab work!
ldeiter78 replied
Thanks so much!
lorilee
He may be ‘stinky’, but he definitely is a cutey!!! Love his pink pad – how lucky is he?!!
ldeiter78 replied
Thanks Lori!!
Diane Schuster
Well he has excellent taste in colors, great image!
ldeiter78 replied
He sure does – I love those flowers!
Evita
Excellent macro capture !!!!!!!! ;D
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you Evita!
Michael Matthews
Great colours & detail Lori. I remember as a youngster picking mulberries in the backyard & putting one in my mouth only to discover that there was a stinkbug on it. I’ll never forget it. A lesson in look before you leap/eat. With such a great defence system it’s no wonder they’ve spread around the world.
ldeiter78 replied
Great story!! Thanks Michael. We often pick wild blueberries – I’ll think of you before I eat them!!
Kathy Reid
Fantastic shot , love the contrasting colours!
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you Kathy!!
P3T3
I’m glad you called it a Stinkbug….They have another name and I got hauled over the coals for calling them Stink bugs….I had them in an old car years ago,I’d used the car to transport tree cuttings, and they loved my car more than trees!!!..It was a smelly event driving from then on, they release a chemical when threatened or crushed, which tastes foul and smells off…I’ll dig out the name.
ldeiter78 replied
I see these all the time where I live, but never smelled one, and I will avoid that!!!
BigD
Excellent macro, Ideiter
ldeiter78 replied
Thanks BigD!
Tibby Steedly
GREAT macro of this little guy!! We have Stinkbugs here too and I’ve had the experience of smelling them! Not too bad, but I bet birds don’t like the smell!
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you very much!
Michelle Boyer
Fantastic capture! Love the colors too.
ldeiter78 replied
Thanks Michelle!
Taylor Sawyer
Congrats on your feature! You are now invited to enter
this piece into The Best of Pink!
Charlotte Hertler
Congrats on your feature! Wonderful capture! Well done! Creepy little buggers, they make their way into my house all the time, although ours are brown.
Michael Matthews
Congratulations on the feature Lori. It’s sitting right next to my rose feature.
Sharon Mau
I love this!!
clizzio
Great shot! Even though they make me shiver when I find them inside the house. Ours are brown and not as colorful as this guy.
David Gimlett
BEAUTIFUL!!!
i love the colors!
kellimays
EXCELLENT! awesome capture of this stink bug. We have both brown and green ones. Thank goodness I have never experience their stinkyness. hahahaha. Congrats on your feature!
ldeiter78 replied
Thank you Kelli!!!