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Forest bug

Pentatoma rufipes

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Field Notes

Description:

It is a sp. of shieldbug I often see here in Belgium.
They have a dark brown body in autumn, lighter in summer, usually bronze-colored. Its distinguishing characteristic is a pair of projections extending forward from the shoulders at the front of its dorsal thorax.

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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondry_des_Chiens

Reference Links:

Forest bug - Wikipedia

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