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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jun 21, 2020

I know that there are thousands of beetles/bugs but I'm hoping someone will recognise this. It was tiny, only about 1cm long and there were lots of them, all on thistle flowers. Seen in Dorset today.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 21, 2020

It's another plant bug in the family Miridae; it looks like Closterotomus norwegicus, known as the potato capsid - https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/potato-capsid
In spite of that name, they appear to be commonly seen on thistle.

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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jun 22, 2020

Thanks

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