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I'm not very good at identifications but I think this may be a late instar Box Bug nymph, Gonocerus acuteangulatus. For example see bottom right image at https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/gonocerus_acuteangulatus.html, and top left illustration at https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages_1.html
That site says "Historically very rare (RBD1) and known only from Box Hill in Surrey, where it feeds on Box trees, this bug is expanding its range and now occurs widely in the south-east of England and beyond. It is exploiting different foodplants, and has been found on hawthorn, buckthorn, yew and plum trees."
There are several records of it in our area (Bristol/Bath) at https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0020309271#tab_recordsView
These were captured hand-held in our garden last month with an EF mount Laowa 100mm 2X macro lens and 2X Kenko teleconverter mounted on an A7ii with a Sigma EF to E adapter, and a Yongnuo twin flash. The raw files were processed with presets in Silkypix then PhotoLab, with image-specific adjustments in Lightroom and output sharpening and noise reduction using DeNoise AI on the 1300 pixel JPEGs produced by Lightroom.
These are taken from a longer sequence of 16 images here at Flickr, where there are 1300 pixel high versions of the images.
Some of these shots were captured when the bug was in motion. The images are shown in the order they were captured.
#1
1697 05 2020_08_09 DSC09269 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#2 This one is a bit substandard as far as image quality goes, so perhaps I shouldn't have posted it. But I like the way the pose works so I decided to post it anyway.
1697 06 2020_08_09 DSC09270 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#3
1697 07 2020_08_09 DSC09272 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#4
1697 08 2020_08_09 DSC09277 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#5
1697 09 2020_08_09 DSC09278 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#6
1697 10 2020_08_09 DSC09280 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#7
1697 18 2020_08_09 DSC09293 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#8
1697 19 2020_08_09 DSC09312 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto-AISfLocal by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
That site says "Historically very rare (RBD1) and known only from Box Hill in Surrey, where it feeds on Box trees, this bug is expanding its range and now occurs widely in the south-east of England and beyond. It is exploiting different foodplants, and has been found on hawthorn, buckthorn, yew and plum trees."
There are several records of it in our area (Bristol/Bath) at https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0020309271#tab_recordsView
These were captured hand-held in our garden last month with an EF mount Laowa 100mm 2X macro lens and 2X Kenko teleconverter mounted on an A7ii with a Sigma EF to E adapter, and a Yongnuo twin flash. The raw files were processed with presets in Silkypix then PhotoLab, with image-specific adjustments in Lightroom and output sharpening and noise reduction using DeNoise AI on the 1300 pixel JPEGs produced by Lightroom.
These are taken from a longer sequence of 16 images here at Flickr, where there are 1300 pixel high versions of the images.
Some of these shots were captured when the bug was in motion. The images are shown in the order they were captured.
#1
1697 05 2020_08_09 DSC09269 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#2 This one is a bit substandard as far as image quality goes, so perhaps I shouldn't have posted it. But I like the way the pose works so I decided to post it anyway.
1697 06 2020_08_09 DSC09270 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#3
1697 07 2020_08_09 DSC09272 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#4
1697 08 2020_08_09 DSC09277 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#5
1697 09 2020_08_09 DSC09278 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#6
1697 10 2020_08_09 DSC09280 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#7
1697 18 2020_08_09 DSC09293 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
#8
1697 19 2020_08_09 DSC09312 SP10_PLab3 LR 1300h DNAIcAuto-AISfLocal by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
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