{"id":1197,"date":"2013-10-03T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T19:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2014-04-07T01:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:19:55","slug":"arboretum-stink-bug-prey-and-snake-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/arboretum-stink-bug-prey-and-snake-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Arboretum: Stink Bug Prey and Snake Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found a stink bug nymph in the Arboretum this morning.  It is probably an instar of the <a href=\"http:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/veg\/bean\/green_stink_bug.htm\">green stink bug<\/a> (<i>Chinavia hilaris<\/i>), although it lacks the orange shoulder pads that I see in every other photo of green stink bug nymphs.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1203\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stinkbug.jpg\" alt=\"Stink bug with caterpillar\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stinkbug.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stinkbug-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stink bug with caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This stink bug has captured a caterpillar.  It is probably injecting digestive enzymes to liquefy it, and will then suck out its contents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1198\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar.jpg\" alt=\"Stink bug nymph with caterpillar\" width=\"800\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stink bug nymph with caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poor caterpillar has seen the last of its days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1199\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar_pierced.jpg\" alt=\"Caterpillar pierced by stink bug mouthparts\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar_pierced.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/caterpillar_pierced-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caterpillar pierced by stink bug mouthparts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I made my way toward the meadow.  I didn&#8217;t see a garter snake (<i>Thamnophis sirtalis<\/i>) until it was close enough to surprise me.  Can you pick it out in the photo below?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_find.jpg\" alt=\"Find the snake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_find.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_find-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This snake was basking in the sun, something cold-blooded reptiles do to warm themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1200\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_close.jpg\" alt=\"Garter snake\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_close.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_close-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garter snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got close enough to get a good look at those eyes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1201\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_eye.jpg\" alt=\"Eye of the garter snake\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_eye.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/snake_eye-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eye of the garter snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our string of beautiful days, warm and sunny, continues&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a stink bug nymph in the Arboretum this morning. It is probably an instar of the green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris), although it lacks the orange shoulder pads that I see in every other photo of green stink &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/arboretum-stink-bug-prey-and-snake-eyes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,190,280,86,493,120,430],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1441,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}