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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 822841" data-attributes="member: 50197">Decided to shake things up a little today, and headed over to Cypress Gardens. Now don't get too excited, the macro lens never came off the Z7ii. There were a few different critters however.These are most likely stink bug nymphs. There were a ton of them. When I first saw them, they were covering the leaf of this plant. I believe they were newly hatched. [ATTACH=full]408862[/ATTACH]I believe this to be an assassin bug. The one's commonly around my house are bright orange (there is a picture of one of them two posts back), but these are a different color and a somewhat different morphology. They both have that distinctive long proboscis. OK, further research reveals it's a pale green assassin bug.[ATTACH=full]408863[/ATTACH]This looks like a saddleback moth caterpillar.[ATTACH=full]408864[/ATTACH]This one is nether strange, nor unusual, nor that great a picture, however, I seldom see an anole with such a beautiful butterfly in it's maw. This was in the butterfly house, so I'm sure the caretakers weren't too happy about it.[ATTACH=full]408865[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 822841, member: 50197"] Decided to shake things up a little today, and headed over to Cypress Gardens. Now don't get too excited, the macro lens never came off the Z7ii. There were a few different critters however. These are most likely stink bug nymphs. There were a ton of them. When I first saw them, they were covering the leaf of this plant. I believe they were newly hatched. [ATTACH type="full"]408862[/ATTACH] I believe this to be an assassin bug. The one's commonly around my house are bright orange (there is a picture of one of them two posts back), but these are a different color and a somewhat different morphology. They both have that distinctive long proboscis. OK, further research reveals it's a pale green assassin bug. [ATTACH type="full"]408863[/ATTACH] This looks like a saddleback moth caterpillar. [ATTACH type="full"]408864[/ATTACH] This one is nether strange, nor unusual, nor that great a picture, however, I seldom see an anole with such a beautiful butterfly in it's maw. This was in the butterfly house, so I'm sure the caretakers weren't too happy about it. [ATTACH type="full"]408865[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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