Adult Forest bug / Red-legged shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) recently emerged from its nymphal skin under an Ash leaf, Wiltshire, UK, June.

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Location: Trowbridge, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
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