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Home / Insects / Bugs (Hemiptera) / Heteroptera / Shieldbugs/Stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea) 83
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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Apodiphus amygdalis [a shieldbug]. Steve Covey
4153 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
897 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
966 visits
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bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
791 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1573 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1601 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1536 visits
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Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea). Steve Covey
15504 visits
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box bug nymph (Gonocerus acuteangulatus) Kenneth Noble
930 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea)
776 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
778 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
916 visits
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bronze shieldbug (Troilus luridus) Kenneth Noble
704 visits
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bush-cricket (Meconema sp) Kenneth Noble
306 visits
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dock bug (Coreus marginatus) Kenneth Noble
800 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
10738 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
10784 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
724 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
786 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
821 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
918 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
732 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
730 visits
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Forest Bug (Pentatona rufipes) Alan Prowse
1410 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1025 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1080 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1159 visits
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Forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1062 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
1090 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
1110 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
1532 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
1497 visits
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Graphosoma semipunctatum - Kenneth Noble
931 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
696 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1331 visits
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Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
375 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
672 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
701 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
742 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina ) Kenneth Noble
896 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1124 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1104 visits
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Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Alan Prowse
1844 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
922 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
971 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
900 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
767 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
775 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
295 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
279 visits
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Hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
297 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug nymph (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
869 visits
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Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Graham Carey
932 visits
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juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
905 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
246 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
242 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
247 visits
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Juniper shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
778 visits
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New Forest Shieldbug (Eysarcoris aeneus). Steve Covey
6789 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
849 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
732 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
872 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
702 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
712 visits
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Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea). Steve Covey
4205 visits
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Parent bug Nymph (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
271 visits
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red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
835 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
1533 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
1465 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1095 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1137 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1053 visits
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tortoise bug ex IMG 18077 edited
577 visits
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Tortoise shieldbug ( Eurygaster testudinaria ) Kenneth Noble
707 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Adult. Steve Covey
11311 visits
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tortoise shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Kenneth Noble
683 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Late Instar Nymph. Steve Covey
11582 visits
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vernal shieldbug nymph (Peribalus strictus) Kenneth Noble
874 visits
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Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) , Alan Prowse
1364 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) Kenneth Noble
1262 visits