I can recognize most local insects at least to Order.
This little guy landed on a book I was reading in the garden, otherwise it would never have been seen.
I had no idea what it was and had to resort to an insect key to figure it out.
Possibly the only photo of this bug, yes it's a true bug, on the www.
Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae:
Lepidosaphes ulmi.
Top: dorsal; bottom: ventral
Note: just 1 pair of wings with 2 veins and no cells; no apparent mouthparts.
Nikon 4x finite + 1.4x TC (keeps dust off camera sensor); Zerene stack
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
