And although literally no one asked, here's some pics of the wild bedbugs…

(They're securely contained in a vial with a tight-fitting lid. The graph paper is a label recording the species, location, and date they were collected. I can put isopropyl alcohol in to kill and preserve them at this point, but I need to buy more.)

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Spotted in a tree while walking through the neighborhood: wheel bug (𝘈𝘳π˜ͺ𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘀𝘳π˜ͺ𝘴𝘡𝘒𝘡𝘢𝘴) eggs!

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A Cicada, Purana ubina, spotted at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore on 1 Jan 2025. Maybe one of the less common local cicadas; I was attracted by the song it made (of course), which was different from the usual cicada song I hear.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256984928 ].

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A beautifully textured visitor to the lilac. This is a Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina). It is enjoying the sunshine, as they do.

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A couple of black and red bugs today - Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) and the red form of Brassica Bug (Eurydema oleracea). In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A Water Strider, genus Limnometra, spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 22 Dec 2024. Commonly found in water bodies in forests, their swift motions don't make it easy to get shots.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255849611 ].

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Genus Limnometra

Limnometra from Yio Chu Kang, Singapore on December 22, 2024 at 10:14 AM by Soh Kam Yung

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