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Bugs

A horned treehopper sat on a leaf. It's a brown bug with two horns rising from the pronotum, which also extends back along the body in a wavy spine

Horned treehopper

A red-and-black froghopper clinging to a grass stem. It's an oval-shaped bug thats mostly black with red patches on its back

Red-and-black froghopper

A gorse shieldbug standing on a gorse bush. IT's a green shieldbug with red antennae and yellow sides to the abdomen

Gorse shieldbug

Hairy shieldbug

Hairy shieldbug

Bronze shieldbug

Bronze shieldbug

Spiked Shield Bug

Spiked shieldbug

Parent Bug

Parent bug

Hawthorn Shield Bug

Hawthorn shieldbug

Birch Shield Bug

Birch shieldbug

Lesser Water Boatman

Lesser water boatman

Common Backswimmer

Common backswimmer

Saucer Bug

Saucer bug

Water Stick Insect

Water stick insect

Water scorpion wildlife trust

Water scorpion

Common Pond Skater

Common pond skater

Common Water-measurer

Common water-measurer

Common froghopper

Common froghopper

Rhododendron Leafhopper

Rhododendron leafhopper

Common Green Shield Bug

Common green shieldbug

Forest Bug

Forest bug

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