One of the unusual features of this hot dry summer has been an abundance of one particular type of bug. The stripy bug is quite pretty to look at, but when they decide to feast on human flesh that pack quite a bite.

They are everywhere- on stressed or dying plants, on the ground, even on cars. Here are a couple I caught on the bonnet of the car this afternoon. The spots are dirt on the car, not specks on the lens

For these photos, I used the Super-macro feature on my camera. I wondered just how sharp these pictures of the bugs were, so I zoomed in and saw this. I was quite impressed!