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Not a Shield bug, not a Vine Weevil.

LynLyn Posts: 23,190
in Wildlife gardening
Is this some kind of Weevil,  need to put him outside if not a Vine Weevil?

Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Someone IDd these recently, but I can't remember what they are. Similar to shield bugs but aren't.
    @wild edges will know. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    edited October 2020
    Certainly not a Vine weevil. Like Fairygirl I have seen this identified recently, but cannot find the reference. There is one called a Red legged shield bug which looks similar.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Google image search has come up with Rhaphigaster nebulosa, common name mottled shieldbug, 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I know someone asked recently @Palustris, and consensus was a shield bug, but it wasn't. I can't remember the thread, and it wouldn't be easy to find because it would just be one of those 'what is this?' type of headings. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @K67.  That’s definitely him, OH has been hedge cutting so I suppose he came in on the overalls. Thank you he’s back out now.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Bit late, but this is the thread  ;)
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/2263961#Comment_2263961
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hairy shieldbug (or the non-hairy version that looks the same but isn't hairy). They seem to have had a good year, I've seen loads up this way.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • dondattlerdondattler Posts: 11
    edited June 2021
    Looks exactly like the stink Bugs we had in New York a few years ago. They were hard to keep outside. If you squish them they smell like old garbage. Some of them hitched a ride into Britain not too long ago, probably when the Eastern USA had a bad infestation a few years ago.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That sounds like quite a horrible bug,  but I think it’s the one mentioned in the link just above. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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