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Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
UK's largest shield bug was attracted to the lights indoors
Garden with hawthorn and cotoneaster, both of which this bug eats.
Shield bugs are also known as 'stink bugs' due to their ability to release a strong-smelling fluid when threatened. Pick up a hawthorn shield bug and its predator-repellent may stain your fingers. Its chief food is haws, the fruit of the hawthorn tree, but adults can overwinter on a diet of leaves, and individuals can be found on many potential food plants, including pedunculate oak, sessile oak and whitebeam.
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