The weird and wonderful image above is the nymph stage of a plant bug called Heterotoma planicornis. This little fella will grow up big and strong and will look like the big fella in the image below which I took last year.
They grow up to 5mm (0.2in) long, and the adults and nymphs feed on other insects and plant tissue.
Rear garden, Staffordshire, England. July 2016 and June 2017.
What an interesting little insect and so small.
Your macros are amazing (as I’ve said before).
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Thank you, Vicki ๐ Yes this was a hard one because of how small it was, and it was such a fidget! When you are at the limit of your lens and the depth of field is just a sliver you want them to stay still ๐
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Looks like a tiny toy from a Happy Meal, how cool to photograph something so small and unusual.
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I never looked at it like that, but I do now ๐ It was certainly very challenging. That’s when I should have got the tripod out, but I can’t be bothered with all that fuss ๐
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