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Green Shieldbugs

DateFri 2012-11-09

A common green shieldbug, Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in its winter colour of dark green-brown.  Compare this with the bright green of the following specimen from spring 2010:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-30 and 2010-05-17, respectively.

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