24 July 2023 Fly on a windshield

Driving to the shops this morning, and a strange bug landed on my windscreen. I drove very slowly to the nearest car park while it clung on, and I was able to take a photo before it flew away. A rather beautiful hawthorn shield bug, with the less beautiful Latin name Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale. Feeds mainly on hawthorn berries, although a range of other deciduous trees are also used, inlcuding oak, hazel and birch.