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Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus - nymph Pentatomidae nymph Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus,Pentatomidae,Red Shield Bug,biodiversity,hemiptera,heteroptera,insecta,insects,nymph,pentatomidae Click/tap to enlarge

Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus - nymph

Pentatomidae nymph

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  1. View Pudding4brains's profile
    Pudding4brains
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    Carpocoris
    Try using the key by Lupoli 2014 (or 2013?) ... not at home now     Posted 7 years ago
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      Pudding4brains
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      Going by this key:
      https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279710214
      This one should fairly clearly be mediterraneus atlanticus

      P.S. Some more remarks with this image:
      Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus - nymph Pentatomidae nymph Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus,Pentatomidae,Red Shield Bug,biodiversity,hemiptera,heteroptera,insecta,insects,nymph,pentatomidae
       Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
    2. View RMFelix's profile
      RMFelix
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      looking to the antero humeral margin it appears to be c. mediterraneus. Posted 7 years ago

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The Red Shield Bug

Carpocoris mediterraneus, the Red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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Uploaded Aug 24, 2018. Captured Aug 24, 2018 15:15.
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  • NIKON D3400
  • f/8.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 52mm

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