#shield bugs

[michaelnordeman]

Green Shield Bug/Palomena prisina/grön bärfis. Värmland, Sweden (6 June 2025).

[razehider]

even by pentatomid standards, this green shield bug (Palomena prasina) nymph has a pathetically sad looking face, as if it's weakly asking me not to take a photo of it

(July 12th, 2025)

[teosint]

Emotional support stinkbug ^_^

[look-at-a-speck-on-the-ground]

preeetty stinkbug

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Knock knock! Who's there? A minstrel bug! Although adults sport all the livery of a medieval jester, their black and orange stripes are actually a way to warn potential predators that they don't taste good. They can be found throughout most of Europe, despite being often referred to as an Italian striped bugs.

(Image: A minstrel bug (Graphosoma italicum) by Alves Gaspar)

[ly207]

shielded buggies I found a while ago

[hornedbugzz]

sorryI need to post these beautiful thangs i saw a while ago

[autisticplants]

tiny siblings dancing in synchrony..

on Kosteletzkya virginica.