This little Common Flower Bug (Anthocoris nemorum) was on a blackberry (bramble) flower so I decided it could be my TinyTuesday entry.  It is an active predator and pierces its prey inflicting a painful wound and I'm sure is one that has attacked me when I have picked raspberries as it doesn't live just on flowers. 
A lady walking her dog passed while I was picking the berries and asked what I was  picking.  She had no idea that blackberries could be eaten and was surprised when I told her what could be done with them.  I am astounded that so few people pick this free food which is abundant in places and since I last picked a lot about ten days ago it seemed that no one else had picked any judging by the amount still on the bushes. 

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