Forest Bug

Thursday 14 July 2011

Adult Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on an oak tree in Hayes Common, 11 July 2011.

These are a type of shield bug and are very common in the local woods. Below are two earlier stages in their life cycle.

Final instar nymph of the Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on oak. Hayes Common, 24 June 2011.

Mid instar nymph of the Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on beech leaf. Hayes Common, 18 May 2011.

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