"""I found this insect in my loving room. My dog found it, actually. I saw one on my balcony about 1 month ago. I've lived here for 20 years and have never seen this before."" - Joanne Lutz Observation and photo by Joanne Lutz, sent to nature@nhm.org."
Took this foul little creature out of my misery shortly after photographing it (after it dropped unceremoniously onto my desk). Unfortunately there are plenty more where it came from. I had never noticed the red spots behind the eyes until I looked at it under a hand lens (third photo). Thought the background it happened to drop onto was amusingly appropriate for iNaturalist (list of vascular plant families of the southeast).
Took this foul little creature out of my misery shortly after photographing it (after it dropped unceremoniously onto my desk). Unfortunately there are plenty more where it came from. I had never noticed the red spots behind the eyes until I looked at it under a hand lens (third photo). Thought the background it happened to drop onto was amusingly appropriate for iNaturalist (list of vascular plant families of the southeast).
Took this foul little creature out of my misery shortly after photographing it (after it dropped unceremoniously onto my desk). Unfortunately there are plenty more where it came from. I had never noticed the red spots behind the eyes until I looked at it under a hand lens (third photo). Thought the background it happened to drop onto was amusingly appropriate for iNaturalist (list of vascular plant families of the southeast).
Took this foul little creature out of my misery shortly after photographing it (after it dropped unceremoniously onto my desk). Unfortunately there are plenty more where it came from. I had never noticed the red spots behind the eyes until I looked at it under a hand lens (third photo). Thought the background it happened to drop onto was amusingly appropriate for iNaturalist (list of vascular plant families of the southeast).
