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18-09-2007, 06:02 PM
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| | | possible sloe bug????
Evening all,
One of today's mysteries. 
Can it be identified please??? 
Thanx 
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18-09-2007, 06:09 PM
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| | | Re: possible sloe bug????
thats a forest shield bug i think? ( stink bug to some) |
18-09-2007, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: possible sloe bug????
Looks like a forest to me too! Cream and black banding around the edges of the wing casing gives it away 
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18-09-2007, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: possible sloe bug????
I'd go with Forest shield bug too. ( Pentatoma rufipes ), I think. |
18-09-2007, 06:18 PM
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Only thing thats throwing me off now is the non pointed thorax in this pic?...could be possibly a varient though... |
18-09-2007, 06:18 PM
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| | | Re: possible sloe bug????
do forest shield bugs have stripes in their antenna and lower part of legs???
Could it be in hibernation colour??
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18-09-2007, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Meles meles  do forest shield bugs have stripes in their antenna and lower part of legs??? | Cant say....rubbish pic in my book....u may have a point though, also my book has no "Sloe bug" to compare too? |
18-09-2007, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Cant say....rubbish pic in my book....u may have a point though, also my book has no "Sloe bug" to compare too? | all pics in asheleaf's books and on google etc arent showing stripes.
We first thought Forest but thats two distinctive points to argue.
1, Non pointed thorax
2, stripes
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18-09-2007, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Meles meles all pics in asheleaf's books and on google etc arent showing stripes.
We first thought Forest but thats two distinctive points to argue.
1, Non pointed thorax
2, stripes | Yeah i did spot the pointed thorax lack of...
where can i see a sloe bug? any in the Gallery? |
18-09-2007, 06:25 PM
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| | | Re: possible sloe bug????
Just googled Sloe bug and they are very similar . | | | |
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