Ladybird like beetle

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  July 2023

  It’s a Shield Bug.

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2023

  I'm going to go with Cabbage Bug but it's not one I'm very familiar with  https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pentatomidae/eurydema_oleracea.html 
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  July 2023

  Image looks close. Found in central England, but not usually this far north.

  Thank-you kindly.
  

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  July 2023

  Is it like this,  just found on google
  
  

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  July 2023

  Very difficult to get a picture of it. Gone now, but it was probably a little more black and white than the picture.

  Definitely not that one Lyn. We are a long, long way from where that one has been seen.
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  July 2023 edited July 2023

  Definitely looks like a nymph of some shield bug, not an imago (adult).
  Doesn't look at all like a ladybird IMHO.

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  July 2023

  When I said ladybird like I meant in shape. ie rounded rather than either shield shaped or with a long snout as in a weevil
  

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2023

  This chart is very helpful https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html You have to pay close attention to the fine details though. Yours is a 4th instar going by the partial wing formation. They have an annoying habit of changing colour soon after moulting though so you're never sure if it's one species or just a freshly moulted nymph of another.
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  July 2023

  @wild edges You said it all!

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