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Hawthorn shield bug

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in shape, and extends from the dorsal pronotum to the forewing hemelytral membrane which accounts for the final third of the main body length. The front wings lie flat when the insect is not flying, with the sclerotized pronotum and
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enzymes from the posterior section of the rostrum into plant tissue, partially digesting it, then sucks up the resulting liquid through the anterior section of the
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In Britain and North Western Europe the species is generally active between the months of April and October, although specimens can reappear from
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in shades of green and brown. Like many so-called "stink bugs", they may release unpleasant odours when disturbed.
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The hawthorn shield bug is a distinctive species, but could be confused with the birch shield bug,
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layer of the leaf. The rostrum pricks into berries to access fruit sugars. As a stress response,
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are also red. There is a speckled pigmentation extending from the upper dorsal
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of mainly green leafed trees and red berries, the species feeds by injecting
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can produce an orange secretion from gland openings in the thorax.
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British Bugs: an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
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during periods of unseasonable warm weather in the winter.
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The hawthorn shield bug is found across Europe, from
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The 582: 557: 529: 504: 475: 456: 423: 1: 385: 7: 932:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus 373: 367:Elasmostethus interstinctus 10: 948: 673:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 643:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 622:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 593:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 539:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 433:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 326:Distribution and behaviour 242: 209:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 181:Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 863: 641: 515:(3rd ed.). Collins. 511:Chinery, Michael (1993). 177: 170: 62:Scientific classification 60: 53: 44: 37: 28: 23: 482:Daly, Howell V. (1998). 488:Oxford University Press 927:Bugs described in 1758 431:"Hawthorn shieldbug — 163:A. haemorrhoidale 565:"Hawthorn Shield Bug" 465:"Hawthorn shield bug" 865:Cimex haemorrhoidale 757:Fauna Europaea (new) 625:at Wikimedia Commons 591:"Hawthorn Shieldbug 537:"Hawthorn Shieldbug 24:Hawthorn shield bug 922:Hemiptera of Europe 569:The Wildlife Trusts 545:Tullie House Museum 463:G. 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Imago

Nymph
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Heteroptera
Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosoma
Binomial name
Linnaeus
1758
European
shield bug
hawthorn tree
pedunculate oak
sessile oak
whitebeam
camouflaged
scutellum
trapezoidal
corium
compound eyes
thorax
abdominal

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