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Home / Insects / Bugs (Hemiptera) / Heteroptera / Shieldbugs/Stinkbugs (Pentatomoidea) 73
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)
110 visits
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Apodiphus amygdalis [a shieldbug]. Steve Covey
1126 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
63 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
95 visits
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bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
111 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
936 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
952 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
927 visits
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Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea). Steve Covey
1977 visits
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box bug nymph (Gonocerus acuteangulatus) Kenneth Noble
108 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea)
232 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
41 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
54 visits
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bronze shieldbug (Troilus luridus) Kenneth Noble
79 visits
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dock bug (Coreus marginatus) Kenneth Noble
177 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
1984 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
1934 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
200 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
204 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
180 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
209 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
155 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
150 visits
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Forest Bug (Pentatona rufipes) Alan Prowse
773 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
633 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
637 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
672 visits
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Forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
635 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
631 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
620 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
820 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
824 visits
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Graphosoma semipunctatum - Kenneth Noble
517 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
122 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
131 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
109 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
680 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
122 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina ) Kenneth Noble
138 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
655 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
642 visits
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Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Alan Prowse
963 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
121 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
37 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
33 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
81 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
112 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug nymph (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
123 visits
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Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Graham Carey
539 visits
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juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
40 visits
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Juniper shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
57 visits
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New Forest Shieldbug (Eysarcoris aeneus). Steve Covey
1361 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
57 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
75 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
42 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
116 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
113 visits
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Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea). Steve Covey
1162 visits
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red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
35 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
808 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
780 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
643 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
639 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
607 visits
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tortoise bug ex IMG 18077 edited
67 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Adult. Steve Covey
1669 visits
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tortoise shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Kenneth Noble
172 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Late Instar Nymph. Steve Covey
1699 visits
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vernal shieldbug nymph (Peribalus strictus) Kenneth Noble
114 visits
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Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) , Alan Prowse
847 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) Kenneth Noble
700 visits
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Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) Alan Prowse
784 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) Kenneth Noble
675 visits