Close-up of hawthorn shield bugs (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) mating on the trunk of a silver birch (Betula jacquemontii) tree

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Size: 2522px × 3626px
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Photo credit: © Helen White / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., acanthosoma, acanthosomatidae, betula, biology, birch, bug, bugs, close, close-, closeup, copula, copulating, creepy-crawly, entomology, haemorrhoidale, hawthorn, hemiptera, heteroptera, insect, jacquemontii, macro, mating, shield, silver, zoology