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Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

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Habitat:

Garden

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Comments (4)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I moved the fourth to a separate spotting, had assumed the same from a different angle as all taken within a few seconds of each other.
tmvdh
The specimen in the fourth photo doesn't look like a true bug (Heteroptera) at all!!!
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks, could it be the Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, at least for the first 3. I only have a basic wildlife book for most of what I see. I think the fourth one is the same individual as it was taken 23 seconds after the others so I think just a different angle. Not found any pictures showing the underside.
tmvdh
It doens't look like H. halys. (The specimen in the last photo even less...) Compare: https://www.halyomorphahalys.com/merkmale-characteristics.html

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The U.K Arthropod Survey
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2020 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020

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