
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
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Uploaded May 4, 2020. Captured May 4, 2020 11:35 in 53 Perowne Way, Sandown PO36 9BX, UK.