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  1. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Nymph - Green Shieldbug? Only about 5mm so presumably a reaonably early instar. Hugh
  2. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Nymph for ID My wife found this little fellow in Chicksands Wood, Bedfordshire 2010-07-28. It was on a very prickly thistle stem, possibly impaled as it was on the tip of a prickle and was still there 30 minutes later. The only other shield bug we spotted was an adult Eurygaster testudinaria...
  3. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks, Hi Keith, Yes thank you for that, I am pretty certain that you are correct. I was somewhat worried by the shape of the pronotum as well as colouring and the transparent wings. And, yes there are seven trees of various Betula species in my garden. Regards, Hugh
  4. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    New Parent Bug? Hi Found this little fellow in my Luton, Beds. garden today. I think it must be Elasmucha grisea? Sorry about the poor image but I couldn't get a firm footing and it hid as soon as I had taken this shot. Hugh
  5. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks Harry, yes there are various Gallium sp. near the spot we found it, though it was on an Apiaceae - Anthriscus sylvestris. Hugh
  6. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Legnotus limbosus? Is this Legnotus limbosus? Found at Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire today. Thanks, Hugh
  7. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    It might be Carpocoris pudicus. Hugh
  8. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    French Shield Bugs Just back from Les Cévennes in Southern France. I think the shield bugs are: Eurygaster maura? and Elasmostethus interstinctus, Psacasta exanthematica, Carpocorris purpureipennis. Hugh
  9. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    adult green shiledbug today Just found my first shield bug of the year, a nice brown adult Palomena prasina sunning itself in my bedfordshire, UK garden. There was a noticeable frost last night, and my car said it was still -2c at 08:00, but it was up to 7c by 11:30. I hadn't expected anything...
  10. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    I had number 4 down as maybe Red Capsid Bug Deraeocoris ruber, so I also would be grateful for an informed identification. Hugh
  11. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Harry, any reason why 1-3 wouldn't be Blue Shield Bug Zicrona caerulea? I have images at http://www.eimagesite.net/s1/gst/run.cgi?action=sc2 there were adults of that species in close proximity and Wanzen und Zikaden shows similar image.
  12. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Looks like Southern Green Shield Bug Nezara viridula to me - a plant eater, presumably an import if so? Hugh
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    Shieldbugs.

    My guess is nymph of Eysarcoris fabricii, but it might be Palomena prasina - I am assuming the nymph's antenna colour roughly matches that of adult and so E. fabricii not P prasina. Over to you Harry. Hugh
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    Shieldbugs.

    It looks very like Arma custos to me (non native). Hugh
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    Shieldbugs.

    Any offers on this creature, it looks to me as if it might be a squash bug. Minor advert: www.eimagesite.net has a growing gallery of shield (114 images including non-uk examples) and squash/leather bugs, contributions are always welcome. Hugh
  16. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    italicum seems to by regarded by some as a synonym, and by others as a sub-species of lineatum. Hugh
  17. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    A nymph - Green Shield Bug? I found this tiny little fellow on my washing today, I suspect that it is an early instar of Palomena prasina. And the second one I believe to be an early Blue Shield Bug instar.
  18. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks for the replies, I thought it must be the Blue Bug (both images are the same creature). Hugh
  19. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Another one for ID Hi Harry, I have failed to exactly match this to any of the images in Shieldbugs and Squashbugs of the BI, Sehirus luctuosus seeming the most likely but if the hemelytral membrane had been dark I would have gone for Zicrona caerulea? Found on Stinging Nettles at Paxton Pits...
  20. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks again Harry, Parent Bug was my tentative ID - the first that I've seen so far as I am aware. I found all three Birch, Parent and Green in about twenty feet of pathside scrub, and very few other insects at all during a three mile walk. Hugh
  21. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks; I didn't mean that I thought the first was a Birch SB, in fact I am surprised as it doesn't look at all like one to me. The second I queried because of the leg colour. Hugh
  22. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Two more for confirmation I am a bit uncertain of my identification of these two found today 2005-10-30 in Bedfordshire (along with a Birch Shield Bug). Sorry about the picture quality, it was somewhat dark and windy making things difficult. Thanks in advance Hugh
  23. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Some Spanish examples: Found 14th and 15th October 2005 in South Eastern Spain. A set of striped shieldbugs that I think are Graphosoma sp., a set of nymphs that I suspect are the same, a single nymph that probably isn't; and another set, one of which looks like a shieldbug bug but I think is a...
  24. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    Hi Harry, I didn't capture any, they just seemed so like shieldbug nymphs. Ah well, I guess its scan the web for nymphs. Thanks anyway, Hugh
  25. 138mph

    Shieldbugs.

    more nymphs And are these shieldbug nymphs? Thanks, Hugh
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