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Widebody, Pt. 2 - _TNY_5178

This shield bug is a Carpocoris fuscispinus. It lacks a vernacular English name, but the Swedish one basically translates into "wide shield bug". This angle also shows the opening where theses, like other shield bugs, emit the foul-smelling liquid used for defence - and the reason they are known as "stink bugs" in North America (and "berry farts" in Swedish).

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51850017943/

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Uploaded on February 9, 2022
Taken on August 20, 2021