ron_n_beths pics: Sundew Bugs amazing ability
ron_n_beths pics: Setocoris sp
ron_n_beths pics: Setocoris bug walking to find more insects caught by its host plant.
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera bug at work
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera Bug Aug5
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera Bug on flat leaf,a walk on the wild side!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera Bug
ron_n_beths pics: A Feast of Forester's
ron_n_beths pics: Drocera bug highlighted,backlight by afternoon sun!
ron_n_beths pics: Bugger off mate,two young bugs on this cup!
ron_n_beths pics: On to the next cup
ron_n_beths pics: Only a few legs to go,when it had only the back legs attached it sprung off using leg power combinded with its own body weight,it was hanging down,then landed on a nearby plant and carried on hunting!
ron_n_beths pics: Carefully releasing legs
ron_n_beths pics: Living Dangerously! Look and Learn!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera Bug at work
ron_n_beths pics: Drocera Bug 4,Setocoris sp.they are able to feed on prey caught by the Drocera plant and not be captured by it!
ron_n_beths pics: Drocera Bug up close,Setocoris sp.click for a closeup!
ron_n_beths pics: Setacorus bug on Drosera cup,a great test for the eyesight!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera in flower,just one of many different species.
ron_n_beths pics: Amazing Bug,Setocoros sp.,these tiny bugs can move in the sticky cups without being captured,they pierce the captured insect and through the tube like proboscus consume its juices!
ron_n_beths pics: Drocera bug
ron_n_beths pics: Sundew Bug feeding on a trapped insect.
ron_n_beths pics: Setocoris on Drocera
ron_n_beths pics: Setocoris Sundew bug.
ron_n_beths pics: Mating Drosera bugs,Beths sharp eye noticed these little bugs enjoying springtime too and I was able to capture them ,another "first" for us,there are indeed some amazing things to see in nature,you just never know whats next!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera plant and captives,the sticking power of those little red drops is staggering,over time the insects are drawn into the centre of the cup and when consumed they reset.!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera bug top view.
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera bug feeding on captured insects with its long proboscis,so depriving the plant some of its captured food!
ron_n_beths pics: Drosera bug 67,Setocoris,these tiny bugs feed on the insects that are captured by the Drocera cups,how they manage to not be captured themselves is a mystery!.
ron_n_beths pics: Imature Sundew bug in cup