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Saltire shieldbug (Acabthosoma glasgvensis): page 1

Fig.1:
Saltire shieldbug (Acanthosoma glasgvensis):

a. dorsal view
b. underside
saltire shieldbug (Acanthosoma glasgvensis)
glasgow, 2006
originally written, drawn, painted and bound by hand
gouache and technical pen on found paper
21 x 13 cm


a fictitious account of a species of shieldbug endemic to the glasgow region, which inhabits roadside verges and feeds on traces of sugary liquids on the rims of discarded aluminium cans

the book is available for download as text alone or as a complete, formatted book which can be printed out and bound or stapled together:

A. glasgvensis (text)

A. glasgvensis
(book)



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