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  1. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Okaay! I feel like an idiot for not realising that after all the "research" I've done… Thanks Steve. They're very dinky looking nymphs :-) Can you confirm pic 1?
  2. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    3 more possible shieldbugs Here are three I spotted at the weekend, nearby in Italy. The first I think may be the Broad Shouldered Shieldbug - Cydnus aterrimus. The second the Southern Green Shieldbug - Nezara viridula - in a nymph stage. 3, 4 and 5 are unknown, possibly not a shieldbug...
  3. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Oh I see what you mean now! Sorry, my fault, I took a pic (#5) http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=209014&d=1248631486 of the red Seed Bug (Spilostethus/Lygaeus pandurus of Lygaeidae family, I believe) and only noticed the well-camouflaged Shieldbug at home - should have...
  4. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks Aeshna - can you say what it is that tells you that it's not Nezara viridula? I was going by a) all green b) 3 white spots and two (1 visible) black dots c) antennae red and yellow stripes at end, using this as a comparison...
  5. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Not sure if this thread is still alive but here are some more from today. The first three I will hazard a guess are Carpocoris mediterraneus (they were only about 50 yards away from the Med…), the fourth Eurydema ornata, and the last, coming round the corner, Nezara viridula, as the three white...
  6. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Wanderer, I've since found that the Milan Bug generally goes by the name of the Striped Shieldbug - possibly even easier to remember ;-) And Graphosoma lineatum seems to be the preferred species name. http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/graphosoma_lineatum.htm Here are another two I...
  7. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Thanks Wanderer - Milan it is then - easy to remember. I saw a bunch more of them today, they like to live in that curled up flower. And then I saw these three - which I took for an Italian menage-a-trois. However when I got home and looked at the pics on the computer, I realised the...
  8. George Edwards

    Shieldbugs.

    Med Shieldbugs Hi, from previous posts I have labelled these two, seen in the south of France on flower heads, as shieldbugs Codophila varia and Graphosoma italicum. Is that correct? Many thanks! Also, do they have common names, English or French? Apologies for not wading through all previous...
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