Yesterday afternoon, while walking across the fields and meadows, on my way from the beach ...
... I came across this interesting shield bug, the Aelia acuminata, and I took a couple of photographs.
It all started when I saw a small plant that looked like a green island surrounded by a sea of brown, dried out vegetation, typical for the summer in this seaside area.
When I came closer ...
... to take a good, thorough look through the macro lens ...
... I noticed the little brown bug. The English common name of this species is the "Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug" which can't come as a surprise to anybody who saw a fully equipped Bishop ready for some religious action, at least once.
Aelia acuminata is present in most of the Europe, North Africa and Northern parts of Asia, and inhabits mainly dry meadows and fields of cereals. These bugs feed on the ripening seeds of various grasses in the Poaceae family.
It was a brief encounter, the kind of material ideal for short posts ... and it arrived at the right moment, because today I have a lot to do outside the house, so there isn't much time to spend in front of the computer.
As always here on HIVE, the photographs are my work - THE END.