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Shield bug

Carpocoris purpureipennis

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Garden

Species ID Suggestions

Shield bug

Carpocoris purpureipennis

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Comments (2)
FaredinAliyevski
I did because I had never seen a photo of a shield bug like that plus some of them have some amazing colors :)
Ava T-B
Cool that you turned it over and got a picture of the bottom side.

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PublishedSeptember 26, 2013

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