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Old 15-07-2013, 10:32 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Unknown bugs

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:20:56 +0100, Jake
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:45:31 +0100, David Hill
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Had this pic sent to me to see if I could identify the bugs.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psc54b936e.jpg
I have no idea, so it's over to you folks.
David at a misty side of Swansea Bay


Looks like longhorn beetles.


I thought at first glance that they were Black and Yellow longhorns
but Gogo and David got it right, they are Miridea - Capsid bugs,
Grypocoris stysi. The distinctive tail end of the abdomen help
identifying them.
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/hetero...ris_stysi.html
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