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doubt that it could be anything other than the western conifer seed-bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis. My nephew took the photograph, above, on his mobile, and although it is blurred, there is definitely no mistaking this distinctive and fascinating insect

named 'pine' ladybird, Exochomus quadipustulatus (left), which specialises in eating scale insects on broad-leaf and conifer trees. They're present as grey, wart-like pupae, and are pock-marking the bark like some strange disease.Scattered among them