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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
4374 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
1043 visits
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bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
1103 visits
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bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) Kenneth Noble
910 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1698 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1708 visits
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Blue Shield Bug (Zicrona caerulea) Alan Prowse
1660 visits
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Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea). Steve Covey
16636 visits
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box bug nymph (Gonocerus acuteangulatus) Kenneth Noble
1050 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea)
886 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
903 visits
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Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Kenneth Noble
1065 visits
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bronze shieldbug (Troilus luridus) Kenneth Noble
813 visits
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bush-cricket (Meconema sp) Kenneth Noble
452 visits
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dock bug (Coreus marginatus) Kenneth Noble
898 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
11154 visits
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Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus). Steve Covey
11199 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
829 visits
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Eurydema oleracea (brassica shieldbug) Kenneth Noble
907 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
944 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
1023 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
848 visits
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Eurygaster testudinaria (tortoise bug) Kenneth Noble
825 visits
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Forest Bug (Pentatona rufipes) Alan Prowse
1511 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1140 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1190 visits
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forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1265 visits
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Forest shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
1164 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
1183 visits
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Gorse shieldbug (Piezodora lituratus) Kenneth Noble
1203 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
1652 visits
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Graphosoma italicum, shield bug, Alan Prowse
1614 visits
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Graphosoma semipunctatum - Kenneth Noble
1021 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1441 visits
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Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
602 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
777 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
800 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
841 visits
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green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
789 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina ) Kenneth Noble
1003 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1223 visits
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green shieldbug nymph (Palomena prasina) Kenneth Noble
1211 visits
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Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Alan Prowse
1967 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1045 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1105 visits
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hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1039 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
483 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
418 visits
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Hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
497 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
883 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
889 visits
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hawthorn shieldbug nymph (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Kenneth Noble
989 visits
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Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Graham Carey
1014 visits
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juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
1046 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
434 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
435 visits
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Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
433 visits
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Juniper shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus) Kenneth Noble
896 visits
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New Forest Shieldbug (Eysarcoris aeneus). Steve Covey
7108 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
1015 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
790 visits
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parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
794 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
1026 visits
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Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
838 visits
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Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea). Steve Covey
4477 visits
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Parent bug Nymph (Elasmucha grisea) Kenneth Noble
454 visits
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red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Kenneth Noble
971 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
1671 visits
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Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Steve Covey
1597 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1198 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1227 visits
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sloe shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Kenneth Noble
1160 visits
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tortoise bug ex IMG 18077 edited
685 visits
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Tortoise shieldbug ( Eurygaster testudinaria ) Kenneth Noble
819 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Adult. Steve Covey
11780 visits
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tortoise shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Kenneth Noble
799 visits
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Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Late Instar Nymph. Steve Covey
12106 visits
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vernal shieldbug nymph (Peribalus strictus) Kenneth Noble
1001 visits
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Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) , Alan Prowse
1465 visits
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woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii) Kenneth Noble
1373 visits