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Home / Insects / Bugs (Hemiptera) / Heteroptera 3
Including shieldbugs [stinkbugs]; squashbugs; groundbugs; stiltbugs; assassin bugs; damsel bugs; mirid bugs and water bugs [both surface and submerged.

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Damsel Bugs (Nabidae)
8 photos
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Mirid/Capsid Bugs (Miridae)
26 photos
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Shieldbugs/Stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea)
83 photos
These insects are called shieldbugs because of their shield-like shape when adult. The alternative name - stinkbug - is due to some of these species emitting a strong odour when threatened.
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Squashbugs (Coreidae)
6 photos
Similar in appearance to shieldbugs, this family are mostly grey to yellow/brown in colour and are narrower with a laterally expanded abdomen.
