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thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social
A Dolycoris baccarum or Hairy Shieldbug released safely back outdoors, after being found in the house...
A reddish purple insect, with an ochre-coloured scutellum, six legs, and two long, black and white antennae is pictured. The whole body is quite hairy. The margins of the abdomen or connexivum are alternately mottled with whitish and black. It is a Dolycoris baccarum or Hairy Shieldbug released safely back outdoors after being found in the house.
November 11, 2026 at 7:39 AM
forloveofinsects.bsky.social
Grote mijterschildwants | Bishop's mitre shieldbug
(Aelia acuminata)
Nationaal Park Veluwezoom
Grote mijterschildwants | Bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) Nationaal Park Veluwezoom
November 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
At Foxley Wood this afternoon, so many creatures on/in Common Knapweed seed heads. Here are the first three. An Ornate Shieldbug (a first for us), a Western Conifer Seed Bug and a Corizus hyoscyami.
#bugs #UKwildlife
November 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Mottled Shieldbug as spotted by David Bentley at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve "A relatively recent arrival, now established in the area."
Mottled brown-green shield bug with banded antennae perched on a textured green leaf
November 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
fopl.bsky.social
Here are Ed Wilson's sightings from Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash, Telford, Shropshire

#shropshirebirding

Photo: Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

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Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
November 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
sussextangerine.bsky.social
A Parent Shieldbug, Elasmucha grisea, at Castle Water today. There're still insects out there to be found, well into November...
#insects
#UKwildlife
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@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
An attractive green, brown, black and yellow-ish insect, with long antennae, on a broad green leaf.
November 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Our second Foxley Wood Knapweed sightings today. The most abundant were Hairy Shieldbugs and 7-spot Ladybirds. Also seen were Bishop’s Mitre Shieldbug, some of those tricky Lygus species plant bugs and a Drinker moth caterpillar.
#bugs #beetles #moths #UKwildlife
November 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
paulupwey.bsky.social
A walk out beyond Redcliff Point produced a big fat zero in the way of rare Wheatears. 3 each of Dartford Warbler and Cetti's worth a mention plus 2 Reed Bunting. Several Gorse Shieldbug out enjoying the Sun. Mist rolling off the coast into the sea was a fabulous sight, it looked like Snow!
November 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
vc28nature.bsky.social
Hairy shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) today
November 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Looks a bit like a Bishop's Mitre shieldbug.
November 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
andy23skidoo.bsky.social
Went walking in the woods, no shield bugs. Got home, Red- legged shieldbug on the car. Put boots on windowsill to dry, a Spiny shieldbug shows up.
November 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
durhambirder.bsky.social
Lovely little Blue Shieldbug from Rainton Meadows this morning
November 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
marvellyous.bsky.social
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Brushpen ink comic. Panel 1: Car criving down a bendy countryside road in the dark, headlights on. Panel 2: Shocked face of driver illuminated by dashboard Panel 3: Car screeches to a halt as the headlights show a giant shieldbug on the road Panel 4: Reveal of a Bug crossing sign as the driver yells "Majestic!" and the bug hisses at them. There is also a smaller younger shieldbug bug following the bigger bug
November 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
nickgalley.bsky.social
Parent shieldbug, Elasmucha grisea, New forest.
November 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Spot the difference.
2 of the 4 Vernal Shieldbugs that I spotted on our allotment in Norwich last week and the superficially similar Hairy Shieldbug that was next to them for comparison.
A brown shieldbug sitting head down on a green leaf. The first three segments of the antennae are orange and the last two are blackish with orange bases. The tip of the large scutellum is pale and there is a thin pale edge to the front of the pronotum. The edges of the connexivum are chequered light and dark. A brown shieldbug sitting head uppermost on a green leaf. The first three segments of the antennae are orange and the last two are blackish with orange bases. The tip of the large scutellum is pale and there is a thin pale edge to the front of the pronotum. The edges of the connexivum are chequered light and dark. A brownish shieldbug sitting upright on a green leaf. The antennae are banded black and white. The tip of the large scutellum is pale. The edges of the connexivum are chequered light and dark. The bug is covered in fine short hairs, including on its legs.
November 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
wjrpb.bsky.social
Thoughts were a Shieldbug but we didn’t pull it apart on site.
November 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Seen within a couple of metres of each other, three shieldbugs. A Parent Bug looking like a fruit salad with legs, a Hairy Shieldbug and Pentatoma rufipes nymph.
#bugs #UKwildlife
November 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
tandjwood.bsky.social
Discovered a Vernal Shieldbug (Peribalus strictus) on corydalis on Thursday. They have had a good year with over half the records on iRecord occurring in 2026! A 1st for us and the 17th species of Shieldbug (Pentatomidae) we have found in our Northants garden. @rockwolf74.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 10:36 AM
fopl.bsky.social
Here are Ed Wilson's sightings from Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash, Telford, Shropshire

#shropshirebirding

Photo: Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

friendsofpriorsleelake.blogspot.com/2026/10/30-o...
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
October 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
rockwolf74.bsky.social
That's the lovely Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug).
October 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
rogerhorton.bsky.social
Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina, rescued from the car door on my way to the dentist, now in the hedge by dentist’s car park.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #Cambridge
October 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Much as I like a Lesser-streaked Shieldbug, it's an odd choice of photo for an article on refinding Short-necked Oil Beetle...
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
nation.cymru NationCymru @nation.cymru · 13d
A rare beetle has been rediscovered after a three-year search, confirming the site as its only known home in Wales wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wcM
October 29, 2026 at 8:23 AM
hwitts.bsky.social
At the risk of being a hyper-pedant, I think this is a Greater-streaked Shieldbug. That is a blunder labelling this as an oil beetle though!
October 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Great that they found Short-necked Oil Beetle but a shame that they used photo of a shieldbug...
October 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM
vc28nature.bsky.social
Tidying up the tomatoes in the greenhouse today. Wildlife seen - Bronze Shieldbug (Troilus luridus), Noble False Widow spider (Steatoda nobilis), Scolopostethus decoratus
Bronze Shieldbug Noble False Widow Scolopostethus decoratus
October 27, 2026 at 2:14 PM