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Dec242011
Shieldbug

A hawthorn shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae). Similar to the birch shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus, but with sharper shoulders and an all-green scutellum.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-09-14.
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