Shieldbugs
Green Birch Shieldbug (Elasmostethus interstinctus)
Baddesley Common, March 23 2005
Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata)
Peartree Green, August 23 2005
Black-shouldered Shieldbug (Carpocorus purpureipennis)
Portland Bill, Dorset, October 19 2005
Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea)
Testwood Lakes, Hampshire, September 21 2005
Box Shieldbug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)
Peartree Green, Southampton May 1 2005
Box Shieldbug, late instar nymph
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Bronze Shieldbug (Troilus luridus)
Baddesley Common, Hampshire, March 23 2005
Crucifer Shieldbug, white (Eurydema oleracea)
Peartree Green, Southampton, May 9 2005
Crucifer Shieldbug, red
Peartree Green, Southampton, 15 May 2005
Crucifer Shieldbug nymph, early instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Crucifer Shieldbug nymph, late instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, 23 August 2005
Denticulate Leather Shieldbug (Coriomeris denticulatus)
Priddy's Hard, Gosport, May 9 2005
Dock Shieldbug (Coreus marginatus)
Bursledon, Hampshire, March 28 2005
Dock Shieldbug, late instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Down Shieldbug (Canthophorus impressus)
Durleston C.P., Dorset, June 13, 1999
Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus)
Baddesley Common, Hampshire, March 23, 2005
Rhombic Leather Shieldbug (Syromastes rhombeus)
Priddy's Hard, Gosport, September 15 2004
Small Grass Shieldbug (Neottiglossa pusilla)
Porton Down, Hampshire, May 30 2004
New Forest Shieldbug (Eysarcoris aeneus)
Matley, New Forest, September 21 2005
Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
Peartree Green, Southampton, April 6 2005
Green Shieldbug, early instar
Bransbury Common, Hampshire, August 26 2003
Green Shieldbug, mid instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Peartree Green, Southampton, April 7 2005
Hairy Shieldbug, nymph
Porton Down, Hampshire, May 30 2004
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
Peartree Green, Southampton, April 8 2005
Hawthorn Shieldbug, early instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Hawthorn Shieldbug, late instar
Hut Wood, Chandler's Ford, September 15 2004
Bordered Shieldbug (Legnotus limbosus)
Priddy's Hard, Gosport, May 9 2005
Heather Shieldbug (Rhacognathus punctatus)
Matley Bog, New Forest, July 12 2005
Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus)
Porton Down, Hampshire, May 30, 2004
Parent Shieldbug (Elasmucha grisea)
Peartree Green, Southampton, April 6 2005
Pied Shieldbug, early instar (Tritomegas bicolor)
Bramley, Basingstoke, August 27 2002
Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)
Magdale Hill Down, Winchester, October 5 2005
Red-legged Shieldbug, early instar
Telegraph Woods, West End, Southampton, May 9 2005
Scarab Shieldbug (Thyreocoris scarabaeoides)
Magdalen Hill Down, Southampton, August 23 2005
Slender-horned Leather Shieldbug (Ceraleptus lividus)
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens)
Odiham Common, Hampshire, August 16 2001
Tortoise Shieldbug, plain (Eurygaster testudinaria)
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Tortoise Shieldbug, patterned
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Tortoise Shieldbug, early instar
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysarcoris fabricii)
Peartree Green, Southampton, August 23 2005
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© Peter Burford