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Also known as Brown Squash Bug, Leaffooted Bugs and Dock Bug. A very common beetle which can be found in gardens, meadows and forests.
The nymphs feed on dock and other similar low growing plants, in front of its head between its antennae they have two piercing mouth parts to spear plant from which they feed. Adults mate and lay eggs in the spring, and there is one generation a year, length 13-15mm.
Adults and nymphs live in groups and hibernate at all stages.
To avoid predators they eject a very smelly poison.
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