That's what it looked like with the rare sun shining down. Fortunately for me it was a very lazy Shieldbug, not sure of species & can't find the book that knows these things.
Hundreds of shots later, I was happy(ish) with this 15 image in camera stack.
My garden so I was able to sit on my little stool.
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90mm lens + x2 extender
I now know this is a Juniper Shieldbug.
Doggie mummy living in ancient York, Yorkshire, England.
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