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Deraeorocoris ruber Adult
e6filmuser
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I recently posted some images of the nymphs of this mirid bug. I see the adults in our garden every summer. This is the colour form I see but it comes in various colour forms, including black with red blotches, instead of the dull orange ones shown here. It is 6-8mm long and is around from July until September.
A mirid bug looking like this, but with banded patterns on the legs, will be D. flavilineata.
These adults are not quite as evasive of my lens as are their nymphs but they quite readily fly. This one was only visible by looking at it on leaves some way down amongst the foliage. The upper leaves seem to have blocked some of the flash illumination in one or more images.
EM-1, Kiron 105, f16, twin TTL RC flash, hand-held.
Harold
A mirid bug looking like this, but with banded patterns on the legs, will be D. flavilineata.
These adults are not quite as evasive of my lens as are their nymphs but they quite readily fly. This one was only visible by looking at it on leaves some way down amongst the foliage. The upper leaves seem to have blocked some of the flash illumination in one or more images.
EM-1, Kiron 105, f16, twin TTL RC flash, hand-held.
Harold
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I have just corrected a typo on the genus name. The correct version is above.
Harold
Brian v.
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Thanks, Brian.
Harold