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The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.

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    STONERS2 months, 3 weeks ago

    "Within three months, it had become the most common insect in the garden, and it was also spotted in other central London parks."

    "The museum has more than 28 million insect species in its collection, but none is an exact match for this one. Still, Barclay is cautious about calling it a new discovery."

    "I don't expect to find a new species in the gardens of a museum," he said. "Deep inside a tropical rainforest, yes, but not in central London."

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      protoham2 months, 3 weeks ago

      See, they should have gotten that fence up sooner.

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        jewelryadviser2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Tiny red-and-black bug - Ladybug? :)

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        Ratskii2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Looks more like a small relative of the box-elder bug.

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