A few with the MPE65mm

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Southern Green Shield Bug
(Nezara viridula) Ravensbourne Road Bromley The approximate real size of the left antennae is 1.39 mm, magnification is 6.02
IMG_6001-CR2_DxO_DeepPRIME -1Shieldbugv3 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Southern Green Shield Bug
(Nezara viridula) Ravensbourne Road Bromley just after hatching The real size is 1.51 mm, magnification is 6.02 stack of 4 images at f/8 160 s
2026-08-24-08.22.16 ZS retouchedShieldbugv2 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Southern Green Shield Bug
(Nezara viridula) Ravensbourne Road Bromley The real size is 1.95 mm, magnification is 4.12 stack of 4 photos

2026-08-24-09.14.52 ZS retouchedShieldbugv4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

16-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) stack of three shots, The real size is 2.39 mm, magnification is 4.62
Ravensbourne Road Bromley,
A vegetarian ladybird
Biology
Habitats: 16-spot ladybirds are commonly found in grassland. There are also records from scrub, saltmarsh and dune systems.

Host plants: Most 16-spot ladybird records are from grasses and other low plants, including reeds, nettle, dandelion, knapweed, hogweed, cow parsley and buttercup. This species has also been recorded from shrubs, including gorse, and from Scots pine.

Food: pollen, nectar, fungi.

Overwintering site: 16-spot ladybirds overwinter in low herbage, on gorse, in plant litter, on logs, fence posts and stone walls, often in extremely large aggregations.

2026-08-23-21.24.42 ZS retouchedLadybirdv6 by davholla2002, on Flickr