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Bugs 26 - Shieldbugs
SHIELDBUG Graphosoma semipunctatum
SHIELDBUG Graphosoma semipunctatum
SHIELDBUG Graphosoma semipunctatum
SHIELDBUG Graphosoma semipunctatum
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The colourful southern European shieldbug Graphosoma semipunctatum
is absent from the British Isles. This example was found in Portugal and the
distinctive pattern of black dots on the pronotum should make it instantly
recognisable unless they have merged together. The only likely confusion would
be with subspecies of the Striped Shieldbug Graphosoma lineatum/italicum but this bug has black longitudinal
stripes on the pronotum.
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