Bug Convention

[Alan]

The numbers just keep growing, there are hundreds now - on the ground in groups, others moving through the leaf litter, some on the trunks, many in the branches, and all the time bugs are flying off - must be a popular couple of trees. Buggared if I know why.

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Photos #1 & 2 taken with the Canon G11 (because it had a swivel screen). I had bugs on a mission crawling all over the camera and me as I was taking the low shots -

[Gaz]

Could be a "Union" meeting if ya know what I mean
Very colourful insects, I'm liking the simplicity, underside view and that DOF of the last...

[seaslug]

I've not seen them here but they look to be very similar, apart from the colouring, to the Harlequin Bugs which are a pest around the garden. Something is certainly attracting them.

[P Plates]

No idea why but lots of opportunities and their colours are gorgeous. Love the last.