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| | | Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
I'm sure I saw a reference to this one not too long ago. It's what I think of as grasshopper green, with a brilliant red diamond outline on the wings, the lines continuing to outline an orangy 'tail'. I did try to take a picture but the first one was blurred, and then the little beauty flew away.  |
16-08-2006, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rosebush88 I'm sure I saw a reference to this one not too long ago. It's what I think of as grasshopper green, with a brilliant red diamond outline on the wings, the lines continuing to outline an orangy 'tail'. I did try to take a picture but the first one was blurred, and then the little beauty flew away. | Me again -- I should have said it had a red diamond, not a triangle!! Sorry. |
16-08-2006, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rosebush88 Me again -- I should have said it had a red diamond, not a triangle!! Sorry. | Whoops! I DID say diamond didn't I? |
16-08-2006, 12:46 PM
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| | | Re: Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
Rosebush
You description appears to suggest a shieldbug. Have a look through the Insect Gallery as I'm sure some of these have been posted recently
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16-08-2006, 12:46 PM
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| | | Re: Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
what shape was the insect? Did it look like a bee or a butterfly or a beetle or something? |
16-08-2006, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton what shape was the insect? Did it look like a bee or a butterfly or a beetle or something? | It was rougly triangular, wedge-shaped I guess you might say. I presume it was a flying beetle, though 'grasshopper' came into my head when I first saw it. I'll see if I can do anything with the blurred picture I took. |
16-08-2006, 12:53 PM
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| | | Re: Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
I think BB is on the right lines from the description so far .... or possibly a Capsid or Mirid Bug?  |
16-08-2006, 12:57 PM
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| | | Re: Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
does indeed sound like a shieldbug, there's lots in the Gallery if you do a search |
16-08-2006, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton what shape was the insect? Did it look like a bee or a butterfly or a beetle or something? | No joy with the photo, sadly. I should have made clear that when I said 'orangey tail' I was referring to the markings on the wings. The wedge-shape was broader at the head than the tail. |
16-08-2006, 01:00 PM
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| | | Re: Winged insect, bright green with red triangle
Have a look for Pentatoma rufipes and see if that's the shape
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