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Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysacoris fabricii)

Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysacoris fabricii)

Woundwort Shieldbugs, are quite small, but can sometimes be spotted glistening on nettles and woundwort plants on sunny days. Their bodies are a greyish-white ...
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Woundwort Shieldbugs, are quite small, but can sometimes be spotted glistening on nettles and woundwort plants on sunny days. Their bodies are a greyish-white colour. They have patches of metallic bronze on the head, the front of the pronotum, and on the front of the scutellum... [http:--www.uksafari.com]
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Aug, 2013

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