This tiny black & green beetle was seen on Turbary Common which is heathland in the south of England. It was tiny, less than 1cm long (round?). Hoping Flapdoodle will know again!
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It's a nymph of a stink bug/shieldbug(family Pentatomidae); likely this one - Palomena prasina, known as the common green shieldbug - https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-green-shieldbug
Thankyou. It was very cute (if a bug can be cute!!).
I actually found one of my photos which had been identified as a Common Green Shieldbug nymph but from your link this was a final stage instar. This 2nd stage one is much brighter. I didn't realise how different they could be. But then look at butterflies & moths!!
I think that quite a few insects can be 'cute', and yes, there are many examples of an insect's appearance changing greatly during its development - see for example the spotted lanternfly, invasive here in the eastern USA - https://news.psu.edu/story/533793/2018/08/29/impact/penn-state-asks-visitors-help-stop-spread-spotted-lanternfly
Wow!
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