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Shieldbug

DateFri 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.

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