Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug nymph, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
13 July 2024
Red-legged Shieldbug, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), also known as a Forest Bug, an invertebrate in the family Coreidae, on Great Cumbrae.
14 June 2024
Silver Birch sapling near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) sapling near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Sloe or Hairy Shieldbug, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Sloe or Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
12 May 2023
Forest bug, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
This Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) can be identified by its distinctive red-orange legs and an orange spot on its back. They have a dark brown body during autumn and a paler, bronze-coloured body in summer. Photo taken by David Palmar at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug ( Pentatoma rufipes) taken by David Palmar in the tree nursery at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire
24 June 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly on Downy Birch, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly on Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar. Note the white spot on the forewing.
25 June 2023
Hawthorn Shieldbug at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Stirlingshire - Howietown and Old Sauchie
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
06 August 2022
Silver Birch woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven
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Perth and Kinross - Loch Leven
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven