A striped shiel bug sitting on a flower. Seen on a walk in Wiesbaden-Schierstein.
The scientific name of the animal: Graphosoma lineatum.
Incredible that it is possible to hand-hold such a shot with a tiny camera like the Lumix FX8…
The "valley of the moon" (that's what "valle de la luna" means) is situated in the Atacama desert, not too far from San Pedro de Atacama. Indeed, some parts of the valley look as though there was no life on Earth... Oh, and - of course - there are more "valles de la luna" in other Spanish speaking parts of the world (Bolivia, Argentina...), but this is the most famous one. ...
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