tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post8635832133161307092..comments2024-01-09T23:14:55.682+00:00Comments on JJ's Photographic nature blog: "Don't crickets have funny knees?"JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-89465012471826439702015-11-14T10:39:16.385+00:002015-11-14T10:39:16.385+00:00Little point me denying it Mandy! ;-)
Thanks again...Little point me denying it Mandy! ;-)<br />Thanks again for a lovely comment on my blog. Yes, specs can be burdensome for the photographer eh? The squirrels need somebody to be one their side ;-)JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-33258643172755786132015-11-13T17:52:00.162+00:002015-11-13T17:52:00.162+00:00lol you are a nutter, JJ. All that talking to your...lol you are a nutter, JJ. All that talking to yourself. ;-)<br /><br />Amazed by all the colourful hoppers - guess I don't see many of them because I need reading glasses to see but I can't walk in them.... so tiny bugs are only spotted when I am doing something with specs on or deliberately looking for bugs (with specs on). Congrats on finding that beetle and I enjoyed your post cos I always learn something (as well as the amazing photos). I didn't know about the grey squirrels - poor things, I enjoyed seeing some when I was in England recently.Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-85038804080954442992015-10-29T09:34:17.268+00:002015-10-29T09:34:17.268+00:00Hi Maria...
Oh thanks a million for pointing that...Hi Maria...<br /><br />Oh thanks a million for pointing that out. I kept looking at Stiltbugs and somehow nothing seemed quite right. It was how it struck a 'mantis-style' pose that had me thinking it MUST be one of them but of course the thread-legged bugs also have that same stance...should have thought about that! Also the rostrum eh...;-) Anyhow, always grateful to be corrected. Yes I agree also about those tiny bugs being aphid-like, that's why I mentioned aphids but I couldn't see the tubercles either-my photo just doesn't have enough detail. Yeah...crickets are amazing little creatures aren't they. I guess that's what those weird things are just below the knees, 'auditory vesicles' I think they might be called? I really must check that out.<br /><br />Thanks as always for your input Maria. Good luck with finding those beetles in Shropshire too...;-) I will update the 'stiltbug' info...JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-29993063032004270632015-10-29T09:21:03.720+00:002015-10-29T09:21:03.720+00:00Thanks Stevie. Yes, it amazed me when I saw what t...Thanks Stevie. Yes, it amazed me when I saw what they look like in close-up...JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-30500507467881358882015-10-29T09:19:49.598+00:002015-10-29T09:19:49.598+00:00Another cracking blog JJ!
Think your 'stilt...Another cracking blog JJ!<br />Think your 'stilt' bug is in fact one of the Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) - Empicoris vagabundus.<br />The bugs on the hazel do look a bit like aphids. Can't quite see if they have the 2 tubercles on the abdo or not though.<br />It is funny isn't it, to think that crickets have ears on their knees! Never seen them in such detail though. Brilliant!<br /><br />Congrats on the beetle find. Seems they have a rather southerly distribution at the mo (apart from N.I.!), so not sure if they're in Shropshire. <br /><br />As for the government, well, don't get me started!!!! ;-)<br />MxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-76725670004886067192015-10-29T09:00:08.216+00:002015-10-29T09:00:08.216+00:00Fabulous sawfly larva mouthparts JJ. How amazing t...Fabulous sawfly larva mouthparts JJ. How amazing to see the detail. StevieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com