Red and Black Froghopper (Cercopsis vulnerata) Photo by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Dear Readers, we only had a few players this week, but all of them did spectacularly well, so it’s congratulations to Fran and Bobby Freelove and to Claire who all got 12/12, well done! You certainly know your bugs, Bugwoman approves :-). And tomorrow I’m in the mood for something a bit birdy, so let’s see what happens….
A) 4) Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius)
B) 10) Common Pondskater (Gerris lacustris)
C) 2) Parent Shieldbug (Elasmucha grisea)
D) 6) Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
E) 12) Water Scorpion (Nepa cinerea)
F) 5) Rhombic Leatherbug (Syromastus rhombeus)
G) 7) Common Green Capsid Bug (Lygocoris pabulinus)
H) 3) New Forest Cicada (Cicadetta montana)
I) 9) Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum)
J) 1) Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemoprrhoidale)
K) 7) Bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
L) 11) Common Water Boatman (Corixa Punctata)
Photo Credits
Photo A by Martin Cooper from https://www.flickr.com/photos/m-a-r-t-i-n/14446738521
Photo B by AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo C by Bj.schoenmakers, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo D by By André Karwath aka Aka – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3544799
Photo E by Bj.schoenmakers, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo F by AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo G by Kjetil Fjellheim from Bergen, Norway, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo H by Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo I by By © entomartIn case of publication or commercial use, Entomart wishes then to be warned (http://www.entomart.be/contact.html), but this without obligation. Thank you., Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=823727
Photo J by By Pjt56 — If you use the picture outside Wikipedia I would appreciate a short e-mail to pjt56@gmx.net or a message on my discussion page – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62624074
Photo K by By Content Providers(s): CDC/ Harvard University, Dr. Gary Alpert; Dr. Harold Harlan; Richard Pollack. Photo Credit: Piotr Naskrecki – http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp?pid=9822, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2119254
Photo L by AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons