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Shieldbugs

DateSun 2011-09-04

Two species of shieldbug on one leaf: the larger, green one is a birch shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus; the smaller, brown one a parent bug, Elasmucha grisea (both Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-09-01.

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