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Please Help!! What Bug Is This? #56632 September 16th, 2006 at 03:41 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Birmingham, UK R roddie OP Junior Member
OP roddie Junior Member R Joined: Sep 2006 Birmingham, UK	Found it today in my conservatory

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Re: Please Help!! What Bug Is This? #56633 September 16th, 2006 at 06:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 East Coast Longy Member
Longy Member Joined: Sep 2004 East Coast	If you poke it around, does it stink? It looks like a citrus stink bug. Maybe known as something else in various parts of the planet but if so they are a sap sucker which will do damage to lush new growth on a variety of plants. Not a desirable insect to have. Or i guess it could be a baby reindeer.....Like i'd know the difference!

Re: Please Help!! What Bug Is This? #56634 September 17th, 2006 at 03:58 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Birmingham, UK R roddie OP Junior Member
OP roddie Junior Member R Joined: Sep 2006 Birmingham, UK	Many thanks for the reply. Having looked it up it seems we British call it the Green Shield Bug. Many thanks for helping though.

Re: Please Help!! What Bug Is This? #56635 September 18th, 2006 at 06:18 PM
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Longy Member Joined: Sep 2004 East Coast	Green Shield Bug +++++++++++++++ Yeah mate, that'll be a sap suckin bludger in Oz speak . Fair dinkum. You don't want them. They are bad.

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