Stink Bug

Had my first fairly successful capture of a macro. This is a stink bug taken after it landed on the BBQ lid (thus the moonscape quality). The sun was hitting the edge making it look like night/day all in one shot. Thought it was amazing how the light lit him up as he appeared black to me!

After doing some research I found that he is a GOOD garden insect as he ears caterpillars and aphids, but there is an almost identical fellow who is quite invasive that has just come into our area...you can tell the difference between the two as the good guy has little barbed areas around his front snout.