Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: nymph

These were no more than tiny red specks on this fallen branch (maybe an inch to an inch and a half diameter) and in fact I stopped to look because I thought it might be some kind of teeny red fungi. However, when I picked up the branch to take a closer look, the specks all started to move - fast! I believe these are Hemipterans, True Bugs, more specifically Shield Bugs or Stink Bugs. Nymphs, the immature insects, are more difficult to accurately identify, but our money is on the Harlequin Bug, Murgantia histrionica." From What's that Bug?. The above information was not on my photo, but someone else's of what seemed to be identical insects. I love the red and black and the three lines on each perfect little bug. Found on the private, southern edge of the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area, just southwest of the city, on Sunday - oh, I guess that was yesterday : )

..... I want to be just like Mom and Dad - a LADYBUG (or Lady Beetle)! Not the greatest photo, but I thought I'd share these Ladybug larvae with anyone who is not familiar with what they look like at various stages of development. Strange insects, for sure : ) Seen at the Reader Rock Garden, on many of the plants.

These small flowers hang their heads, but I tipped this one up using a tiny twig. Macro photo of this flower (and two little visitors) taken in the forest at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66), Kananaskis, on 10 July 2012. "This is a low, delicate, evergreen perennial from slender, creeping rhizomes; flowering stems simple; growing 3 - 10 cm tall, sometimes up to 15 cm. Flowers - single, nodding atop long, leafless stalk (with 1 or 2 small bracts); white, waxy, fragrant, 1 - 2.5 cm across; 5 spreading petals; 10 stamens; large, prominent, 5-lobed stigma; appearing in mid-summer." www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb25.htm

Not as sharp as it should have been, but I liked the little green visitor to this flower. These flowers hang their heads, but I tipped this one up using a tiny twig. Macro photo of this small flower taken at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66), Kananaskis, on 10 July 2012. Depending on the weather, I should be away for the whole day today - a return trip to Plateau Mountain, Kananaskis, with a different group of people, the people with whom I botanize..

Thanks, Doug, for finding and sharing this tiny bug yesterday, when six of us went on a hike at Fullerton Loop, Kananaskis (starting from Allan Bill Pond). I wonder if it is some kind of Shield Bug (nymph?). I tend to use the word "hike" when we botanize for a full day, but our pace is SO slow because we are stopping every foot or two, to search, examine, record, photograph, LOL. I think we covered about 10 km in total.

I have to admit that I know very little about insects, though I do know that this is a Green Grasshopper nymph, with still undeveloped wings. I love the colour and patterns on these little hoppers - and thanks, David, for providing the background : )

These teeny bugs were found by a friend. Without my glasses, I wasn't quite sure what I was photographing, but they turned out to be Stink Bug nymphs. Quite attractive. Presumably they are the nymphs of the Stink Bug adults we found on the same tree.

I noticed this tiny green insect on a wild Sunflower this morning, on a walk at Griffith Woods. I don't think I've ever seen one of these before - no idea what it is, but it's quite attractive. Doug, at least it came out sharp enough in this photo, even if it looked a green blurry blob to you through my viewfinder, LOL! I really need to make a very long-overdue eye appointment. Must also remember NOT to show anyone else any of my photos through the viewfinder, just in case.

Another photo of this little green insect climbing on a wild Sunflower at Griffith Woods a few days ago.