#acanthosomatidae

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Thought it would be fun to pull something from deep in the archives. I photographed this shield bug (Elasmucha lateralis) almost 20 years ago, in July of 2004. I don't think I knew the difference between stink bugs and shield bugs back then...

[drhoz]

#3827 - Rhopalimorpha lineolaris - Linear Sedge Shield Bug

'Club-shaped with little lines' - the clubs being the antennae, and the lines on the adult.

The restored wetland across the road from the geology museum had a lot of these small Shield Bugs feeding on the seedheads of the grasses, rushes and sedges. Such waterside habitat is favoured by the species, but they're also found in tussock grasslands and human-altered scrubland on both main islands.

The adults look like this -

Photo by Saryu Mae, on iNaturalist.

Duntroon, Aotearoa New Zealand

[herpsandbirds]

hiii hope you are having a pleasant saturday!! i have another ID request for you if it’s ok… saw this cute little thang on the window, ~20mm in length (Scotland)

Scottish Shield Bugs and the Death of Irony

This one is pretty easy, this little friend is a...

Hawthorn Shield Bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), family Acanthosomatidae

Hawthorn shield bug - Wikipedia

[firebugseverywhere]

Elasmucha ferrugata

[reanimateobjects]

[bugsfromtokyo]

Shield bug.

[sinobug]

Horned Shield Bug (likely Sastragala sp., Acanthosomatidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese true bugs and hoppers on my Flickr site HERE...

[tsuu3]

カメムシ2種を確認・・・成瀬の公園にて。カメムシは得意じゃないけど、アカスジキンカメムシはいいですね。 #日本 #japan #東京都 #Tokyo #町田市 #Machida-shi #昆虫 #Insecta #カメムシ目 #Hemiptera #キンカメムシ科 #Scutelleridae #アカスジキンカメムシ #Poecilocoris_Lewisi #ツノカメムシ科 #Acanthosomatidae #エサキモンキツノカメムシ #Sastragala_esakii (Machida, Tokyo) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByJcDFOgF7Q/?igshid=1q7z430e1xcs4