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melv16 | 19:47 Fri 05th Oct 2018 | Animals & Nature
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I'm thinking some sort of shield bug.
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Leaf footed stink bug, it's got the little leaf shaped projections on its legs.
19:58 Fri 05th Oct 2018
That definitely looks like it - although native to North America it is found in the uk now

https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/leptoglossus_occidentalis.html
Leaf footed stink bug, it's got the little leaf shaped projections on its legs.
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Good spot, rowan. Looks like a leaf footed stink bug.
Thankyou for all your replies.
Webbo3 was also correct: The Western Conifer Seed Bug and Leaf Footed Stink Bug are the same insect:

''The genus and species of this particular leaf-footed bug is Leptoglossus occidentalis whose common name is the western conifer seed bug (WCSB).''
Spurge bug (Dicranocephalus agilis)
Nice looking bug !
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Had this inchumen fly in the lounge. Luckily, it doesn't sting.
this lobs 'em out

https://tinyurl.com/y8jag8ge
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It's much easier to open a door or a window, Tambo.

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