Bronze shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) mating on a leaf in a woodland hedgerow in Norfolk, UK, late spring. They feed on hedge woundwort and are most

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Bronze shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) mating on a leaf in a woodland hedgerow in Norfolk, UK, late spring. They feed on hedge woundwort and are most noticeable on their food-plant in late spring after hibernation.

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