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Shield bug ID (UK) (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Roy C
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Andy Adcock
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Maybe a final instar Heather Bug Rhacognathus punctatus?
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WalterRayle
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late instar Bronze shieldbug, Troilus luridus, wring shape for Heather Shieldbug and lacking the pale stripe down the head and pronotum of that species.
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Agree, thanks.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Thank you Walter :t:
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
I disagree with both the above suggestions, this is Pentatoma rufipes
compare
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pentatomidae/troilus_luridus.html
with
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pentatomidae/pentotoma_rufipes.html
note lateral sclerites, third antenal segment and numerous other details.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
A couple of people on another site has also said it is Pentatoma rufipes - Red-legged Shieldbug - thank you
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Yes