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  1. pdwinter

    Shieldbugs.

    Not a shieldbug instar. I wonder if it's an aphid nymph but I'm a long way from having knowledge about aphids.
  2. pdwinter

    Shieldbugs.

    I find that in addition to the two links above Rockwolf's page Rockwolf's space has some excellent pictures of shieldbug nymphs and I also use Recording the Wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland | NatureSpot a lot despite it being about Leicestershire and Rutland and me living in Hampshire...
  3. pdwinter

    Shieldbugs.

    Can't help you with that I'm afraid, Papa 10 |=)| My brain would go into meltdown if I tried to learn the Ichneumonids - c.3300 in the UK.
  4. pdwinter

    Shieldbugs.

    That's another Pentatoma rufipes - the spot (here orange but can be paler) at the end of the scutellum distinguishes it from lookalikes. The trouble with internet searches for pictures is that you come across wrongly labelled (aka misidentified) insects. A good field guide overcomes these...
  5. pdwinter

    Shieldbugs.

    +1
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