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24-12-2008, 07:22 PM
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| | | Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Stony Stratford, Bucks. 22nd December 2008.
Help with identification appreciated. 
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24-12-2008, 07:39 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Hi Bruce
Insects on Christmas Eve...
Oh, it's a... Heteroptera > Lygaeidae > Kleidocerys resedae (K. resedae) - Birch Catkin Bug [A ground bug] Here's Why:- Dark-tipped antennaes
- Correct number of antennal segments
- Dark-tipped cuneus
- White colourations around sides of head and scutellum
...if I'm wrong I'll eat my hat.
Take care,
Jason 
Last edited by Jason Green; 24-12-2008 at 07:46 PM.
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24-12-2008, 07:43 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Yes, Kleidocerys resedae. Loads of these on my compost bins today (under a birch obviously). As usual a super photo.
Have a good Xmas all,
posch |
25-12-2008, 11:18 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  ...if I'm wrong I'll eat my hat. | Careful now there Jason - we will make you eat it if next time someone posts this one 
Cheers, Arp  |
25-12-2008, 12:59 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Yes Arp, I'd better be careful 
...however, it has a light patch on the scutellum, not dark |
24-12-2008, 07:52 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 1a, mountain top, Tennessee (get it)?
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| |  Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
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Originally Posted by Bruce Williams Stony Stratford, Bucks. 22nd December 2008.
Help with identification appreciated.
Bruce | Bruce its a great pic, explain please how one would take a pic like this, close and shrarp, and what equipment you used. Cheers D.C.
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24-12-2008, 09:30 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Jason and posch - Thank you both for your kind comments and help with identification....and having now Googled for further info and images, I'm pleased to say Jason, that your hat is (of course) perfectly safe and not destined to meet your tum this side of Christmas .
Hi DC ~ Thanks for your encouraging comments .
Well this pic was taken with a Nikon D80 (a DSLR) and a dedicated close-up lens - the Nikon 105mm Macro VR. ISO (sensitivity) was set to 100 to keep noise (graininess) low and the lens was stopped down to f/16 to give a reasonable depth of field. I use the pop-up flash (some form of lighting needed at f/16) and manually set focus to closest possible.
Having spotted my subject I position myself and the camera so that as much as possible of the insect is in the same plane of focus and move the lens until the nearest part of the insect is in sharp focus in the viewfinder....then I mentally cross my fingers and take the pic. If possible I take 3 or 4 more similar shots and chose the best one when I get home.
Happy Christmas to All!
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25-12-2008, 08:40 AM
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| |  Re: Unidentified bug with red and grey head
Bruce this sounds very difficult to acheive  well done and thanks for the explaination Davy
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