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Insect I.D

Ilyushin76 · 2015-07-30 11:59:25

Hi does anybody have an idea what the insect is in the attached image?They're about the size of a ladybird and appeared all over my strawberry plants so hope they're not doing damage :eek:

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30-07-2015 12:59pm

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Ilyushin76

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Hi does anybody have an idea what the insect is in the attached image?They're about the size of a ladybird and appeared all over my strawberry plants so hope they're not doing damage :eek:

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#2 30-07-2015 2:34pm
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That is a shield bug (aka stink bug) nymph. They're something of a pest.

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#3 07-08-2015 4:50pm
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Very pretty, but.

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