What's this beetle/bug thing?!

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rix

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2,833 posts

196 months

Thursday 20th August 2020
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Excuse the zoomed in pic quality...

My Googlefu has denied me, thought it was some kind of cricket thing first before it decided to fly at me!


ILikeCake

346 posts

150 months

Thursday 20th August 2020
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Looks like a squashbug (similar to a shieldbug). Very harmless but watch out for the stink glands!

rix

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2,833 posts

196 months

Thursday 20th August 2020
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Near enough to point Google in the right direction, thanks! Seems to be a western conifer seed bug!