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news:2024:0120_hibernating-shield-bugs [2025/07/22 19:28] – ↷ Page moved and renamed from news:20240120 to news:2024:0120_hibernating-shield-bugs Richard Whitenews:2024:0120_hibernating-shield-bugs [2026/02/23 00:12] (current) Richard White
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-====== 20 January 2024: Hibernating shield bugs ====== 
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 {{ ::20240120-141208-3477-810x1080.jpg?direct&300|Hawthorn Shield-bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)}} {{ ::20240120-141208-3477-810x1080.jpg?direct&300|Hawthorn Shield-bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)}}
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 +====== 20 Jan 2024: Hibernating shield bugs ======
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 There are not many insects to see at this time of year,  There are not many insects to see at this time of year, 
 but a young visitor spotted a Hawthorn Shield-bug (//Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale//) hibernating inside a rolled-up oak leaf.   but a young visitor spotted a Hawthorn Shield-bug (//Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale//) hibernating inside a rolled-up oak leaf.  
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 it is green in summer but turns brown in winter so that it is more camouflaged among dead leaves.   it is green in summer but turns brown in winter so that it is more camouflaged among dead leaves.  
  
-{{::20240120-151721-3484-1080x810.jpg?direct&400|Common Green Shield-bug (Palomena prasina)}}+{{::20240120-151721-3484-1080x810.jpg?direct&400 |Common Green Shield-bug (Palomena prasina)}}
  
 Shield-bugs are named because their wings are hidden under wing covers which form a shield-like shape on their backs.   Shield-bugs are named because their wings are hidden under wing covers which form a shield-like shape on their backs.  
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   * https://www.naturespot.org.uk/wildlifeguide/common-shieldbugs    * https://www.naturespot.org.uk/wildlifeguide/common-shieldbugs 
   * https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/05/shieldbug-identification/   * https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/05/shieldbug-identification/
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