For your viewing pleasure I've set up a new Hemiptera gallery at www.alexanderwild.com. Hemiptera are the "True Bugs", a large order of insects defined by having the mouthparts modified into a hollow beak. You can visit the gallery here:
I admit being a little embarrassed at how few photographs I have of true bugs. They are a stunningly diverse order of insects, with a great many attractive species, and are extremely important both economically and ecologically.
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What was that dashing bug in pastel colors? As so many of you picked, it's a palmetto planthopper.
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Flatidae
tags: insect, Hemiptera, subway art,
I'm short on Hemiptera pix, too. Probably because so many of them are pests, and as such, they suck.
andrea