Friday
Jan012010
Shieldbug
Fri 2010-01-01 
A common green shieldbug, Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), probably a 5th-instar nymph to judge by the development of the wings (compare with these illustrations by Ashley Wood).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-09-22.
