Only managed to find one Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey in rather rainy conditions yesterday (10 October). #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Only managed to find one Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey in rather rainy conditions yesterday (10 October). #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
This Southern Green Shieldbug (Nezara viridula) is really enjoying the Amaranth too #InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This Southern Green Shieldbug (Nezara viridula) is really enjoying the Amaranth too #InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
Still three Striped Shieldbugs (Graphosoma italicum) hanging on in their favoured spot in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey today. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Still three Striped Shieldbugs (Graphosoma italicum) hanging on in their favoured spot in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey today. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
A couple of bugs tapped out of a cypress tree in Doddington Churchyard today: Juniper Shieldbug and the smart red-and-black Corizus hyoscyami. They were also accompanied by a Common Green Shieldbug and a Box Bug. #bugs #truebugs #hemiptera #KentNature @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A couple of bugs tapped out of a cypress tree in Doddington Churchyard today: Juniper Shieldbug and the smart red-and-black Corizus hyoscyami. They were also accompanied by a Common Green Shieldbug and a Box Bug. #bugs #truebugs #hemiptera #KentNature @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
Shieldbug on an autumn leaf 🍁
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Shieldbug on an autumn leaf 🍁
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
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
This Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) nearly became a "squash bug" - almost trodden on, pottering about on the bedroom floor! Looks very smart in it's winter attire complete with red legs. @rockwolf74.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) nearly became a "squash bug" - almost trodden on, pottering about on the bedroom floor! Looks very smart in it's winter attire complete with red legs. @rockwolf74.bsky.social
Assumed Green Shieldbug nymph hunkering down, and well camouflaged, in between Ivy berries. #WildWebsWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Assumed Green Shieldbug nymph hunkering down, and well camouflaged, in between Ivy berries. #WildWebsWednesday
Who should wander across my desk today but a Sloe bug (Hairy Shield-bug) — clad in plum-toned armour, walking with stately precision across the grain. A miniature knight of hedgerow and woodland edge. For a fleeting moment of wonder, leaf-littered paths and my timbered desk became one #WildWonder
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Who should wander across my desk today but a Sloe bug (Hairy Shield-bug) — clad in plum-toned armour, walking with stately precision across the grain. A miniature knight of hedgerow and woodland edge. For a fleeting moment of wonder, leaf-littered paths and my timbered desk became one #WildWonder
Illustration of a rainbow shield bug (Calidea dregii) 🌈
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #rainbow #shieldbug
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #rainbow #shieldbug
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Illustration of a rainbow shield bug (Calidea dregii) 🌈
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #rainbow #shieldbug
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #rainbow #shieldbug
Managed to find four Striped Shieldbugs (Graphosoma italicum) on Hogweed in the north east corner of Cornmill Meadows today. #LeeValleyWildlife #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Managed to find four Striped Shieldbugs (Graphosoma italicum) on Hogweed in the north east corner of Cornmill Meadows today. #LeeValleyWildlife #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
A Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) seen recently in North Shrops, showing its rather smart underside. A species which moved northwards into Shropshire in the last decade.
October 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) seen recently in North Shrops, showing its rather smart underside. A species which moved northwards into Shropshire in the last decade.
A nice surprise to find Sciocoris sideritidis in Rennes, Brittany, last week, in a pine! A first for me! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A nice surprise to find Sciocoris sideritidis in Rennes, Brittany, last week, in a pine! A first for me! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise
Always a pleasure to find the lovely Arma custos (Asopinae)! From Brittany last week. #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise #France
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Always a pleasure to find the lovely Arma custos (Asopinae)! From Brittany last week. #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise #France
In Waltham Abbey today I found 11 adult and three nymphs of Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) at Ninefields and a further 10 adults and a single nymph at Abbey Gardens. I haven't seen any at Fishers Green on my last two recent visits. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In Waltham Abbey today I found 11 adult and three nymphs of Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) at Ninefields and a further 10 adults and a single nymph at Abbey Gardens. I haven't seen any at Fishers Green on my last two recent visits. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
Hairy Shieldbug seen on Nettles
#WildWebsWedesday
#WildWebsWedesday
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hairy Shieldbug seen on Nettles
#WildWebsWedesday
#WildWebsWedesday
Whilst I've seen quite a few Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug), I was excited to see my first f. torquata in Brittany last week! 🥰 #Pentatomidae #Punaise #Shieldbug #France
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Whilst I've seen quite a few Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug), I was excited to see my first f. torquata in Brittany last week! 🥰 #Pentatomidae #Punaise #Shieldbug #France
After finding my first adult Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Shieldbug) in May in France, I was very pleased to find a final instar nymph last week in Brittany! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise #France
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
After finding my first adult Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Shieldbug) in May in France, I was very pleased to find a final instar nymph last week in Brittany! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise #France
#truebug #insect #shieldbug #raindrops #pink #flower
A Shield Bug on a pink flower and covered in rain drops. I saw this, fortuitously, while photographing flowers. What a pretty find.
A Shield Bug on a pink flower and covered in rain drops. I saw this, fortuitously, while photographing flowers. What a pretty find.
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#truebug #insect #shieldbug #raindrops #pink #flower
A Shield Bug on a pink flower and covered in rain drops. I saw this, fortuitously, while photographing flowers. What a pretty find.
A Shield Bug on a pink flower and covered in rain drops. I saw this, fortuitously, while photographing flowers. What a pretty find.
Shieldbug nymphs are often more impressive-looking than the adults 🤩
Southern Green 💚 ♥️ 🖤 🤍
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Brown Marmorated 💜 💛 🖤 🤍
#NatureWithin #Insects
Southern Green 💚 ♥️ 🖤 🤍
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Brown Marmorated 💜 💛 🖤 🤍
#NatureWithin #Insects
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Shieldbug nymphs are often more impressive-looking than the adults 🤩
Southern Green 💚 ♥️ 🖤 🤍
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Brown Marmorated 💜 💛 🖤 🤍
#NatureWithin #Insects
Southern Green 💚 ♥️ 🖤 🤍
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Brown Marmorated 💜 💛 🖤 🤍
#NatureWithin #Insects
Fungal Defence
A new research paper shows that a Japanese shieldbug uses fungi to ward off parasitoid wasp attacks.
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#Bugs #Hemiptera
A new research paper shows that a Japanese shieldbug uses fungi to ward off parasitoid wasp attacks.
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/fung...
#Bugs #Hemiptera
Fungal Defence
I'm not very good at rearing larval insects, and on the few occasions that I have I've wound up with parasitoid wasps rather than what I was...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Fungal Defence
A new research paper shows that a Japanese shieldbug uses fungi to ward off parasitoid wasp attacks.
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/fung...
#Bugs #Hemiptera
A new research paper shows that a Japanese shieldbug uses fungi to ward off parasitoid wasp attacks.
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/fung...
#Bugs #Hemiptera
Spotted on my nature walk 🌳
A beech nut—absolutely crawling with life! 🐞
Counted Green Shieldbug, 7-spot & Harlequin ladybird... but who knows how many critters were hiding out of sight? Nature never disappoints. 🌿🔍 #Naturewalk #InsectLife #Autumn #ForestFinds #BugSpotting #Halloween #MicroSafari
A beech nut—absolutely crawling with life! 🐞
Counted Green Shieldbug, 7-spot & Harlequin ladybird... but who knows how many critters were hiding out of sight? Nature never disappoints. 🌿🔍 #Naturewalk #InsectLife #Autumn #ForestFinds #BugSpotting #Halloween #MicroSafari
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Spotted on my nature walk 🌳
A beech nut—absolutely crawling with life! 🐞
Counted Green Shieldbug, 7-spot & Harlequin ladybird... but who knows how many critters were hiding out of sight? Nature never disappoints. 🌿🔍 #Naturewalk #InsectLife #Autumn #ForestFinds #BugSpotting #Halloween #MicroSafari
A beech nut—absolutely crawling with life! 🐞
Counted Green Shieldbug, 7-spot & Harlequin ladybird... but who knows how many critters were hiding out of sight? Nature never disappoints. 🌿🔍 #Naturewalk #InsectLife #Autumn #ForestFinds #BugSpotting #Halloween #MicroSafari
Just got on bus back to Brighton. It was too wet to eat my packed lunch in Costells tWood so I had it on the bus. When I got my sandwich box out of my rucksack I noticed that something had hitched a ride: a Birch Shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just got on bus back to Brighton. It was too wet to eat my packed lunch in Costells tWood so I had it on the bus. When I got my sandwich box out of my rucksack I noticed that something had hitched a ride: a Birch Shieldbug, Elasmostethus interstinctus
Thaumatomyia notata, the Yellow Swarming Fly doing exactly that at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire....10,000s of them on pine trunks, and particularly interested in this Hairy Shieldbug. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thaumatomyia notata, the Yellow Swarming Fly doing exactly that at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire....10,000s of them on pine trunks, and particularly interested in this Hairy Shieldbug. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Some other incidental records from todays Bergh Apton fungus foray - Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug, leafmine of Stigmella tiliae in a Lime leaf, larval case of Coleophora albitarsella on Ground Ivy and Marbled Fern moth Musotima nitidalis.
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Some other incidental records from todays Bergh Apton fungus foray - Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug, leafmine of Stigmella tiliae in a Lime leaf, larval case of Coleophora albitarsella on Ground Ivy and Marbled Fern moth Musotima nitidalis.