Shield bugs and Squash bugs – there are 33 regular UK shield bugs and a dozen or so vagrants and 10 squash bugs – so these are just a few, and I have lots more to find. Shield bugs are also known as stinkbugs evidently - a reference to a defence mechanism that I can't say I've ever noted.



Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Green shieldbug (P. prasina) Nymph
Green shieldbug (P. prasina) Nymph
Sloe Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Sloe Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Sloe Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Sloe Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Hawthorn Shieldbug (A. haemmorrhoidale)
Hawthorn Shieldbug (A. haemmorrhoidale)
Gorse shield bug (Piezodorus literatus)
Gorse shield bug (Piezodorus literatus)
Turtle bug (Podops inuncta)
Turtle bug (Podops inuncta)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Brassica bug (Eurydema oleracea)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Spiny Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)