Milkweed with Bugs

Hello Friends,

Betsy spread a few milkweed seeds around the front yard, so I was grateful to have the opportunity for some interesting shots mid summer. The plants are entirely teeming with these orange bugs. According to wikipedia: Oncopeltus fasciatus, known as the large milkweed bug, is a medium-sized hemipteran of the family Lygaeidae. It is distributed throughout North America, from Central America through Mexico and the Caribbean to southern areas in Canada. Costa Rica represents this insect's southern limit.

I took these shots with a Panasonic Lumix GX7 with 3D lens, using a hollow wooden rectangle for phantogram processing.

Best regards,

Barry Rothstein

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