Shield bug nymphs (Family Pentatomidae) clustered round the egg shells they have just emerged from. Photographed in a tropical rainforest in Costa Ric

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Shield bug nymphs (Family Pentatomidae) clustered round the egg shells they have just emerged from. Photographed in a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica.

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Photo credit: © DR GEORGE BECCALONI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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