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Hawthorn shield bug on rose leaf

Hawthorn shield bug

Hawthorn shield bugs are one of the commoner shield bugs. They are seen in the autumn when their preferred food, haws, ripen.

Hawthorn shield bug

This one was on the leaf of a rose bush. The ones I see never seem to be on hawthorn: in 2010 resting on a wall, and in 2011 on an ivy leaf.