Thanks, Peter (are you the same Peter that has been helping me with spider pics?!). Postcode is recorded on the photo. As with the spiders, this Shield Bug was in my back garden, specifically on my allotment boundary fence, under our large mature maple and cherry plum.
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The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more