#shieldbug

[vintagewildlife]

Shield bug covered in mites By: D. Giussani From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom 1968

[unkn0wnvariable]

Nestled Shieldbug

A green shieldbug nestles amongst the sunlit petals of a daffodil flower, in the woodland at Holme Fen nature reserve.

[toothwalker]

Red-legged Shieldbug, Pentatoma rufipes Surrey, UK, August 2025

[maybe-i-will-animals]

Rainbow Shieldbug - Calidea dregii Soutpansberg Conservancy, South Africa © Vaughan Jessnitz CC-BY-NC some rights reserved source

[what-bug-is-your-fave]

Nobody pays enough attention to this game and it KILLS ME, but I gotta know: What bug is The Kid from Bastion?

The Kid is a Bronze Shieldbug nymph (final instar) (Troilus luridus)!

Image source: https://www.naturespot.org/species/bronze-shieldbug

I can't save them, but clearer images are available here: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/Bronze-shieldbug-instar-nymph.html?sortBy=relevant

Note: "Instars" are the stages of molting before an arthropod reaches 'adulthood'/sexual maturity. This insect wasn't picked specifically for that though, I just really wanted to assign him a shieldbug ehe

[wattophotos]

Green shield bug on the edge of a strand of grass.

[mushiniwa]

[pogomcl]

Bishop's Mitre, Aelia acuminata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/200 iso: 600 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/5/2010