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The hawthorn shield bug, ''Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale'', is a common European shield bug. Its chief food is haws, the fruit of the hawthorn tree, but adults can overwinter on a diet of leaves, and individuals can be found on many potential food plants, including pedunculate oak, sessile oak and whitebeam.

Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded May 4, 2020. Captured May 4, 2020 11:35 in 53 Perowne Way, Sandown PO36 9BX, UK.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/14.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO1600
  • 100mm