Steampunk baby

I was surprised to spot this little Issus coleoptratus nymph today, out and about on the honeysuckle by the garage. As far as I knew until now, our entire garden colony of this planthopper lived in the ivy on our side fence, about fifty metres away, and they all spent as much time as they possibly could hidden away in the depths of the plant. Previously I've only ever found them when I was beating the ivy, and I've had to work fast - potting them, moving them somewhere with more light, unpotting them, rattling off a few frames, potting them up again, and returning them to the ivy - before they could recover from their shock and outrage at being caught, and leap away into hyperspace. Neither the nymphs nor the adults of this species can fly, even though the adults have wings, but they can jump a long way, and will, at the slightest provocation. To be fair, I would too, if I was as far down the food chain as they are.

I couldn't resist posting the only Issus coleoptratus I've ever managed to photograph without needing to expend the slightest effort - especially as all my other shots today were of spiders, and I'm well aware that they're not everyone's cup of tea - but I've talked about them several times before, so I won't repeat myself here. There's plenty of information about them in this post if you'd like to know more, and my extra here is a photo of an adult.

And now to this week's Tiny Tuesday results. Once again there was a wide range of subjects on offer, and I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the challenge this week for giving me so many interesting images to choose from.

In no particular order, my hearts this week have been awarded to:

JohnW 

steveng 

Technophobe 

AH14 

AnnieBelle

And - again, in no particular order - I'd like to give Honourable Mentions to:

BikerBear 

KeenKen 

BlackTulip 

TimmyG 

NicoiseAnnie 

SeriousFrolic

I hope you'll all play again next week - my last at the helm of the challenge, for this year at least - when the tag will be TT466.