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Home / Insects / Bugs (Hemiptera) / Heteroptera / Shieldbugs/Stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea) 58
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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tortoise shieldbug ex IMG 2745 (800)
32 visits
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Apodiphus amygdalis [a shieldbug]. Steve Covey
647 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
746 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
768 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
743 visits
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Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea). Steve Covey
784 visits
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box bug ex IMG 19370 edited
0 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea)
97 visits
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dock bug (Coreus marginatus) Kenneth Noble
45 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
820 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
781 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
68 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
66 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
62 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
45 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
41 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
40 visits
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Forest Bug (Pentatona rufipes) Alan Prowse
591 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
542 visits
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Forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
523 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
519 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
502 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
509 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
500 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
608 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
607 visits
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Graphosoma semipunctatum - Kenneth Noble
425 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
580 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
30 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
23 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
22 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
22 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina ) Kenneth Noble
31 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
559 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
549 visits
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Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Alan Prowse
758 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
18 visits
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hairy shieldbug ex IMG 18709 edited
0 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug ex IMG 19297 edited
0 visits
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Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Graham Carey
436 visits
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New Forest Shieldbug (Eysarcoris aeneus). Steve Covey
662 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
21 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
21 visits
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Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea). Steve Covey
652 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
582 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
572 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
528 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
517 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
504 visits
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tortoise bug ex IMG 18077 edited
0 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Adult. Steve Covey
705 visits
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tortoise shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Kenneth Noble
55 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Late Instar Nymph. Steve Covey
791 visits
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vernal shieldbug nymph (Peribalus strictus) Kenneth Noble
0 visits
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Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) , Alan Prowse
706 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) Kenneth Noble
589 visits
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Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) Alan Prowse
662 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) Kenneth Noble
536 visits