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    Shieldbugs.

    For sure!
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks a deadringer for Dolycoris baccarum to me.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Presumably smaller because they were an earlier instar? Given the size comparison with the Common Darter I see no problem with it being P. prasina.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks good for nymph of Common Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina.
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    Shieldbugs.

    It's a Parent Bug + there is no need to be alarmist. No problem with these being in the garden. They are not going to infest a house. If one accidentally gets in it won't be able to survive without food.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Yes- not a great photo but looks good for Parent Bug, Elasmucha grisea, with her nymphs below her. Usually on birch or alder.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Again agree with your IDs Paul.
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    Shieldbugs.

    So do I. Nice haul!
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks more like Pentatoma rufipes to me.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Recommend it, though there are a couple of newer species not covered. Are you familiar with the British Bugs website which has some excellent photos of adults/nymphs of shieldbugs as well as many true bug families.
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    Shieldbugs.

    It's not that common + struggles to survive our winters. There have been records over recent years from the London area though often being numerous one year + then disappearing. Kent would probably a good prospect of finding one.
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    Shieldbugs.

    I found lots last month- adults + nymphs of various instars on alders by a pond. I'm in the London area + have found them at this time of the year. Maybe try some alders if you've been concentrating on birch?
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks good for Palomena prasina to me. Right hand picture an earlier instar.
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    Shieldbugs.

    It is. Also being called Red-legged Shieldbug now; Pentatoma rufipes.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Nezara viridula-Southern Green Shieldbug
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    Shieldbugs.

    Maybe Halyomorpha halys- an Asian species that has become very invasive in the US, causing economic problems with crops + invading buildings apparently. Think it's been found a couple of times here in the UK with imported plants from the near continent where it's now established.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Agree this is Pentatoma rufipes.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Not strictly a shieldbug, but allied group of coreids. It's a Western Conifer Seedbug, Leptoglossus occidentalis, a recent arrival over here. Originally a North American species which is now becoming more frequent here + often captured in moth traps.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Hawthorn Shieldbug nymph.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks like a Forest Bug nymph to me.
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    Shieldbugs.

    Certainly very common down south!
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    Shieldbugs.

    Looks like the Dock Bug ( a Coreidae; shieldbug relative), Coreus marginatus- often on docks, squashes + partial to blackberries!
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    Shieldbugs.

    The last one isn't Nezara viridula, but don't know the species. It's from a different related family.
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    Shieldbugs.

    A real New Forest speciality there- not one I've seen. See its cousin E. fabricii a lot though!
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    Shieldbugs.

    Ken- worth looking out for Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula, which seems to be establishing now + last year was quite plentiful in parts of London with many nymphs- a friend's Hibiscus was covered in them, much to the consternation of his gardening wife! Haven't heard of them this year...
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