Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761) ....Nymph stages
Newly hatched nymphs (green form) photographed at Sherwood Forest CP May 2010
 
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Newly hatched nymphs (red form) photographed at Market Warsop June 2007.
 
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P. prasina nymph, photographed in Sherwood Forest CP on August 2005.
 
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Mid-stage nymph, photographed at Sherwood Forest CP on September  2009.
 
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Late and early instar nymphs, photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter August 2005.
 
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Final instar nymph. Photographed at Warsop Wood August 2006.   Final instar nymph photographed at Gibraltar Plantation August 2009.
 
 
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