Shield Bug possibly Rhopalus subrufus

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Shield Bug possibly Rhopalus subrufus

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Tobyh Commander of the Wild Empire Registered: July 2006 Location: Hastings, Sussex Posts: 1,056	Unsure what this is. Characteristics of a shield bug but this was only about 6mm in length and the colour confused me also. Any help please?
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nightshade

Knight Commander of the Wild Empire

Registered: June 2005
Location: N.E.SOMERSET
Posts: 9,045

Sun September 17, 2006 8:53am

it looks like Rhopalus subrufus

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asheleaf

Officer of the Wild Empire

Registered: July 2006
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 797

Tue September 19, 2006 9:13am

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Originally Posted by nightshade

it looks like Rhopalus subrufus

It certainly does look like R subrufus, never come across one myself except in a book!

Ashe

Acutipuerilis
Officer of the Wild Empire

Registered: October 2007
Location: Nanjing, China
Posts: 907

Wed October 10, 2007 5:01pm

Confirm Rhopalus subrufus - a lovely little bug.

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