David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Bugs
2 – Birch Shieldbugs
BIRCH SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus
interstinctus
BIRCH SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus
interstinctus
BIRCH
SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus interstinctus BIRCH
SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus interstinctus
BIRCH SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus interstinctus
BIRCH
SHIELDBUG Elasmosthesus
interstinctus
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The
Birch Shieldbug Elasmosthesus
interstinctus resembles a scaled down version
of the Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma
haemorrhoidale but it is perhaps most likely
to be confused with the Parent Bug Elasmucha
grisea, a similar sized bug that also
inhabits Birch Betula sp. trees. However, the rufous markings of
the latter are less clearly defined and the Birch Shieldbug
neither attends to its offspring nor clusters together in the same manner. As
may be seen from the photographs this species may be found on plants other than
Birch.
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