In the lab at American University in Washington, DC, evolutionary biologist David Angelini and graduate student Stacey Baker are studying a snazzy red-and-black insect called the red-shouldered soapberry bug. These tiny insects with the big name are speedy and hard to catch—and speedy in other ways, too, as Ari Daniel Shapiro discovers. Photo Credit: Crystal Perreira, Soapberrybug.orgread moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:40:50 +0000
Category hierarchy: Animals | InsectsDescription: Adult and nymph stage box elder bugs gather on the leaves of a hosta plant growing at the base of a silver maple tree. Adults have fully formed, mainly black wings.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS D30 SLR digitalCapture details: Lens: Canon compact macro 50 mmLocality: Latitude: 3.907680000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.765360000000000e+001
Category hierarchy: Animals | InsectsDescription: Adult, immature, and nymph stage box elder bugs gather on the leaves of a hosta plant growing at the base of a silver maple tree. Adults have fully formed, mainly black wings.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS D30 SLR digitalCapture details: Lens: Canon compact macro 50 mmLocality: Latitude: 3.907680000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.765360000000000e+001
Category hierarchy: Animals | InsectsDescription: Adult, immature, and nymph stage box elder bugs gather on the leaves of a hosta plant growing at the base of a silver maple tree. Adults have fully formed, mainly black wings.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS D30 SLR digitalCapture details: Lens: Canon compact macro 50 mmLocality: Latitude: 3.907680000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.765360000000000e+001
Category hierarchy: Animals | InsectsDescription: Adult, immature adult, and nymph state box elder bugs gather on the ground in a residential garden under a silver maple tree.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS D30 SLR digitalCapture details: Lens: Canon compact macro 50 mmLocality: Latitude: 3.907680000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.765360000000000e+001
