#winter colour

[panoramicireland]

Path through the woods, Ireland.

Moss-lined, rocky path over leaves fallen in 2022.

I have no idea how long this wood has been here but I definitely like it, I expect to be here more in 2023.

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[ifelten]

Gyvelbredtæge (Piezodorus lituratus)

Sene, voksne individer i artens mørke vinterdragt samt to nymfer på forskelligt udviklingstrin. Alle fundet samme dag på samme lokalitet.

Gyvelbredtægen overvintrer som imago, i løvet under foderplanten, typisk gyvel (Cytisus scoparius), og når dyrene kommer frem igen til april, skifter de farve til ensfarvet grøn eller gulgrøn.

Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus)

Late, imago specimen with the species’s winter colouring and two different instar. All found on the same day in the same location.

The Gorse Shieldbug winter as imago between leaves and twigs under the food plant, often Broom (Cytisus scoparius), and when the animals re-emerge in April, they change to a more uniform green or yellow-green colour.

[guyanamojo]

Snow, wind and beautiful scenery

[zoun-thea-ton-oneiron]

winterlight..........noonday

[guyanamojo]

Winter

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