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2-spot, Larch, 10-spot & Eyed Ladybirds.
Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds.
Juniper Shieldbug.
Bronze Shieldbug.
Some of today’s arthropod records from Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Part 1: 2-spot, Larch, 10-spot, Eyed, Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds, Juniper & Bronze Shieldbugs. #ladybirds #shieldbugs #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
The recent warm sunny weather brought out the insects, and in Rainham Riverside I found a Larch Ladybird, the Lygaeid bug Oxycarenus modestus, dozens of Mottled Shieldbugs, and over ten 2-Spot Ladybirds. #Ladybirds #Lygaeidae #Shieldbugs
Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum.
Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum.
Basking in sunshine on our conservatory this afternoon.
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#Shieldbugs #UKWildlife
Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug #Shieldbugs #bugs #insects #nature #naturephotography #Perthshire #Scotland
At last I have seen the Juniper Shield Bug, Cyphostethus tristriatus thanks to @graemelyons.bsky.social who pointed them out. Also learned a good technique for bug collecting! Sullington, South Downs #shieldbugs #juniper A good day.
Only one LBAM in the trap last night, complete waste of electricity! But this smart Hairy Shieldbug on the wall was some compensation. #teammoth #shieldbugs
A family of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs 🤎 💜 💛
Perhaps not the most endearing name but their patterning is exquisite.
#NatureWithin #Insects #Shieldbugs
A Common Green Shieldbug found in the bedroom. Now relocated to the garden.
#shieldbugs #ento #UKwildlife
Spiked Shieldbug, Picromerus bidens, at rest on a Garlic Mustard leaf.
Spiked Shieldbug, Picromerus bidens.
Good to see one at Boughton Fen, Norfolk, yesterday.
#ShieldBugs #Hemiptera #UKWildlife
For longer than I remember, we’ve been searching gorse and its relatives without any luck for Gorse Shieldbugs. How odd it was to spot our first one today on an old grass stem at Dersingham Bog with no obvious Gorse in sight.
#shieldbugs #ento #UKwildlife
Juniper Shieldbug resting on my hoodie, which I had on the bench
Blue shieldbug sat on a strawberry flower in the strawberry patch
My shieldbug highlights from the garden this year - Juniper Shieldbug, which we've had for a few years, but this year I've seen quite a few of them, and Blue Shieldbug, which I've never seen in the garden until this year. Very exciting! 😄
#Gardening #Shieldbugs #Insects
A cluster of small, round, brown-black bugs on a large green flower bud on a shrub - with small white and orange dots, and one waving long, segmented black antennae around.
Two much larger bugs on another green flower bud - vaguely resembling ladybirds in their general, near-hemispherical shape - black with white and yellow spots in lines along their segmented abdomens.
Flattened, roughly circular green shieldbug nymph on a leaf - outlined by pink, with more white spots in lines along a dark, segmented abdomen.
Three different instars of Nezara viridula nymphs spotted in a west London garden, early this week - and it seems the adults look quite different again!
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#insectSaturday #insects #shieldbugs #macrophotography
Blue Shieldbugs, Zicrona caerulea, on a dock leaf.
Blue Shieldbugs, Zicrona caerulea, on a dock leaf.
Blue Shieldbugs, Zicrona caerulea.
@vannabartlett.bsky.social and I saw several in waterside vegetation at West Acre, Norfolk, today.
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#Shieldbugs #UKWildife
Spiked Shieldbug. A dark brown shieldbug with pointed projections on the 'shoulders' of the pronotum.
Lime-speck Pug. A small moth with long, outstretched wings. The wings are mainly white with some black markings.
An Ivy Bee, with furry brown thorax and striped abdomen, seen side-on, on Ivy flowers.
Some insects at Doddington Churchyard today. Spiked Shieldbug, Lime-speck Pug, & Ivy Bee. First two are new records for the site. @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social #Hemiptera #Shieldbugs #KentMoths #bees #KentNature
Picromerus bidens. Or P. trumps as the current POTUS now demands it to be named.
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#Insecta #Insects #Hemiptera #Truebugs #Pentatomidae #Invertebrate #Typpyluteet #Bärfisar #Shieldbugs #Hyönteiset #Insekter #Macrophotography #Biodiversity
Two shield bugs on a leave, their heads touching.
BUG WATCH
These two just might like each other.
#bugsky #bugwatch #shieldbugs #mating #insects #photography #nature #climateaction
And yes, I shouldn’t get distracted by such trifling occurrences. Back to editing.
#editing #amwriting
Nymph of Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum, on a Common Fleabane flower.
Nymph of Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum, on Gypsywort.
Nymphs of Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum.
Dickleburgh Moor today.
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#Shieldbugs #Hemiptera #UKWildlife
Brown and white spotted butterfly on a leaf, fluffy body - sunlight passing through its wings revealing a slight iridescence to the forward structures of those wings.
A number of ladybirds - beetles with near hemispherical, glossy orange-red wing cases with black spots - nestled in a curled up, dry leaf on a shrub.
Shield-shaped shieldbug on a leaf - its grey-green-brown body covered in a multitude of tiny raised dots.
Small brown, black and white spider, seen from underneath, on its web.
Lens extension tube arrived - which means I can get EVEN CLOSER TO THE BUGS. Ahem. Cue some photos from a quick test-drive out in the garden...
Butterfly: Pararge aegeria
Ladybirds: Coccinella septempunctata
Shieldbug: Coreus marginatus?
Spider […]
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Found on a dangling Hawthorn leaf on. the garden tree, is this the shed exoskeleton of a Hawthorn Shieldbug nymph? @britishbugs.bsky.social #shieldbugs #truebugs
Shield-shaped bug, a shiny mottled brown-green with orange-red legs, yellow-black stripy edges to the rear and a yellow spot at the middle of the body - on a slightly frayed, black and grey padded fabric strap of a backpack.
I try to photograph bugs undisturbed and in their natural habitats, such as ... on the strap of my scruffy old backpack. Apparently, I attract 'em!
Red-legged Shieldbug, Pentatoma rufipes?
https://www.naturespot.org/species/red-legged-shieldbug
#Derbyshire #insects #shieldbugs #macrophotography
Just a shieldbug nymph, living its absolute best life in a fluffy anemone seed head
#Gardening #Shieldbugs
A grey-brown shieldbug, patterned with darker markings, on a human hand.
Popped out into the garden for a quick sweep with the net, and almost immediately caught 3 Scarce Tortoise Shieldbugs. (I flipped them over to check). #shieldbugs #hemiptera #truebugs #Kentnature @britishbugs.bsky.social
A dark, oval-shaped bug, with dark streaks, on a surfaced path.
Second trip to look for Blue-winged Grasshopper at Cheriton. Success this time, spotting just one, though never close enough to photograph. Bigger surprise perhaps was a Greater Streaked Shieldbug, spotted by Dan Bennett. #shieldbugs #grasshoppers #KentNature
Shield-shaped bug on a leaf, with a narrow head, segmented antennae and bright red eyes facing towards the camera - body a shiny, pale almost bluish green, with many small dark dots and big swathes of brown and intense orange-red across its back.
Bonus bug: Birch shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus?
(Spotted on a shrub practically underneath a birch tree, appropriately enough.)
#Derbyshire #insects #shieldbugs #macrophotography
Two ladybirds - shiny red wing cases with black spots - making more ladybirds (ahem), with a large shieldbug - a finely detailed, roughened bronze and shaped like an old medieval shield - watching them rather intently from rather too close. And of course, there's me, the human, watching this absolute depravity with my camera.
[Ladybird voyeurism (blimey!)]
I spotted two ladybirds, erm, having a nice time - then a Bronze Shieldbug, Troilus luridus, wandered by and joined in with the voyeurism. It was amazing I held the camera so still given I was laughing so much […]
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Green shieldbug nymph - like a pale green tortoise sat high on six legs - on a nettle leaf.
Wider shot of that shieldbug nymph, revealing its previous home of a curved blade of grass, perhaps ten centimetres away from its new home.
There's a shieldbug (likely a nymph of the Common Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina) been sat on the same blade of grass since Saturday at the latest. Except - not any more! New home - a nettle leaf! About 10cm from that curved blade of grass...
#Derbyshire #insects #shieldbugs #macrophotography
Vivid green shieldbug - like a tortoise on six, raised legs - on a matching green, curled blade of grass. It must be very proud of that grass - I keep seeing it there, day after day...
Large hoverfly - with a glossy black and translucent yellow-white abdomen, slightly ragged-edged wings and big burgundy compound eyes - feeding on one of many tiny purple buddleia flowers.
Small beetle - dark, glossy wing cases covered in tiny dot-like indentations in fine lines - and a narrow red-orange thorax, small, dark head and long segmented antennae. On a jagged-edged, slightly hairy, vivid green leaf glossy with water from recent rain.
A much smaller, daintier hoverfly - narrow striped abdomen, large eyes - hovering next to a vivid red-orange petal from a crocosmia flower.
Bugs! Including an actual bug - a shieldbug that's been on the same blade of grass for the last three days. Also, a Volucella pellucens hoverfly on a buddleia; a tiny little beetle and another, smaller hoverfly on a crocosmia.
#Derbyshire #insects #shieldbugs #hoverflies #beetles #macrophotography
These shield bugs are orange with black stripes and black legs. They are feeding on an umbrella plant.
These shield bugs are orange with black stripes and black legs. They are feeding on an umbrella plant.
Striped bugs (Graphosoma italicum) on a wild plant.
Corsica, France, June/July 2025.
#Photography #Bugs #Insects #ShieldBugs #Nature #NaturePhotography #Travel #Corsica #France
As mentioned in the post by @kentfieldclub.bsky.social, Scarab Shieldbug and Five-Banded Weevil Wasp from Lee's Pit yesterday. One of a number of pits that would make valuable additions to the new NK Woods & Downs NNR. #hemiptera #hymenoptera #shieldbugs #wasps #brownfield #KentNature
