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  1. busyb

    Shieldbugs.

    Agreed - the ones near me have now turned into adults - I was finding lots of cast nymphal skins (exuvia) i the woods a couple of weeks ago.
  2. busyb

    Shieldbugs.

    Paul, As above ID - but i`ve yet to find a Troilus luridous annoyingly !! It looks like a late instar nymph of the forest bug Pentatoma rufipies HTH Keith
  3. busyb

    Shieldbugs.

    Robert, It looks like a late instar nymph of the forest bug Pentatoma rufipies HTH Keith
  4. busyb

    Shieldbugs.

    Hi Hugh, I think this could be Klleidocerys resedae not a shield bug but a true bug ( one of the Lygaeidae ) they normally feed on birch or alder catkins, also known to feed on rhododendron - any of these in the garden or nearby ? HTH Keith
  5. busyb

    Shieldbugs.

    Hi Stuart, I`m not sure about the Easterly spread, but I know they have had a very rapid Westerly spread (furthest being Bath I think) I found one in Hampshire last year & contacted the county recorder, he pretty much said they were now common in Hampshire & spreading fast!.
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