Andy Skinner
@andyinsandy.bsky.social
Ecologist, beetles are my main passion. Bewitched, bothered (by its state!) and often bewildered by the natural world as a whole. All views my own
Anyone able to suggest what this is? I've seen three Forget-me-not Shieldbugs struggling to walk in garden which on inspection have had one of these objects stuck to the underside. They are about 3mm long and fairly hard to touch. Not opened one up yet but wondering if parasitic egg case or seed?
June 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Anyone able to suggest what this is? I've seen three Forget-me-not Shieldbugs struggling to walk in garden which on inspection have had one of these objects stuck to the underside. They are about 3mm long and fairly hard to touch. Not opened one up yet but wondering if parasitic egg case or seed?
And so it begins for another year......a small effort but it all adds up 🙂 #toadpatrol
February 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
And so it begins for another year......a small effort but it all adds up 🙂 #toadpatrol
Anyone familiar with laboulbeniomycetes? Hazarding a guess at Helodiomyces elegans. From Dryops luridus on Anglesey, August 2024
January 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Anyone familiar with laboulbeniomycetes? Hazarding a guess at Helodiomyces elegans. From Dryops luridus on Anglesey, August 2024