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Piezodorus lituratus
(Gorse Shieldbug)
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Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius) (Gorse Shieldbug)

Date: 15 February 1998
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 15/02/1998[N]
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State: Imago
Record Summary: Brown over-wintering stage, beaten from Gorse
Associated organism: Ulex europaeus
Capture method: beaten
Identification Notes: With small white egg firmly attached to pronotal surface. Probably of a Phasiine Tachinid (Parasite Fly: Diptera, Tachinidae)

Images etc

magnified photograph Brown over-wintering stage - dorsal view 18 Kb 273 by 309 pixels
magnified photograph Brown over-wintering stage - ventral view 19 Kb 376 by 335 pixels

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