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True bug #3 - Polymerus basalis
Copyright © 2010 Tim Lethbridge

True bug #3 - Polymerus basalis
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
April 20, 2010
Size: 6mm or so
Located on fleabane in a roadside ditch.
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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 28 May, 2010 - 10:13pm
Last updated 2 June, 2010 - 9:59pm

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Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… WonGun Kim, 2 June, 2010 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Man, that fleabane's been good to you.
I survived two years on bush sunflowers, but do enjoy a taste of coyote mint once in a while :-)
… Ron Hemberger, 28 May, 2010 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ron
Yes, most of the wild flowers in FL open in fall and fleabane seems to be one of the most popular (with the insects) spring flowering plants here. If only the flowers were not on such spindly, wind sensitive stalks!
… Tim Lethbridge, 29 May, 2010 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
I commiserate!
There was a plant stand in a book I read, designed to handle that problem. It had a stable base, long and springy shaft, and an alligator clip. Maybe we should build a couple?
… Ron Hemberger, 29 May, 2010 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
I have seen something similar
but I bet it would mainly be useful if you wanted to photograph the flowers themselves. I seem to spend my time chasing the bugs from bloom to bloom and they would be gone before the plant holder could be attached.

Thus far my efforts to convince my children it would be great fun to be a reflector/windbreak holder in the field have fallen on deaf ears. I am thinking a tarp or something similar connected to stakes that could be a windbreak for a whole patch of flowers might be an option, though.
… Tim Lethbridge, 29 May, 2010 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

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