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Mystery bug
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Anyone know what this is - found on a windowledge in a front garden in Dagenham
Sorry about the picture quality!.
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I think its probably a shield bug, but the picture is poor. Sorry thats the best I can guess.
It looks a little slim in the picture,but I would agree.
almost certainly - they are shield shaped, so if that sounds right, that's what it is. Harmless to people and negligible damage to plants
6 legs
In the sticks near Peterborough
Any chance of a better photo? I think it looks too narrow and the legs too long for a shield bug. Are you actually holding the end of the insect?
I think it more likely to be a green cricket/grasshopper...possibly!
Is this one any better? Yes I am holding the 'tail' part which curves upwards.
Nutculet - I do know how many legs it has thanks - 4! With two long, fine antenna.
Insects have 6 legs, what happened to the other 2
In the sticks near Peterborough
Looks like a cricket.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/evolution/meconema-meridionale/
What do you think?
Try oedemera nobilis. Green flower beetle.