A Conchuela Stinkbug on a flowering branch of Silver Bluestem grass. I have been trying to get a decent photo of this stinkbug for the last week or so at Lake Kirby. Getting a good photo is difficult because the bug is very dark colored and the background is usually much lighter, but my photos turned out okay this time. Just one of the challenges of natural history photography in the field on a sunny day!
The Bluestem flowering head or panicle is attractive to me even though many landowners only see this plant as an invader species. It’s very common on roadsides all throughout Texas this time of the year.
Texas Rolling Plains Naturalist 