Shieldbug - Eysarcoris aeneus?
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:48 pm
Shieldbug - Eysarcoris aeneus ?
On 05/07/2013 while looking for larvae in my Great Sutton garden I found a shieldbug. I photographed it and using 'A Photographic Guide to Shieldbugs and Squashbugs of the British Isles' by Martin Evans and Roger Edmondson, I identified it as Eysarcoris aeneus, although the flight period and distribution both cast a shadow of doubt. A friend looked at one of my images and agreed with my ID, and also thought that it might be uncommon in Cheshire, having never seen one himself.
I would appreciate any comments regarding my identification and, if I am correct, any other information that anyone might have about the distribution in Cheshire.
Two images are attached. One taken in shade and the other in brighter light.
Mel.
On 05/07/2013 while looking for larvae in my Great Sutton garden I found a shieldbug. I photographed it and using 'A Photographic Guide to Shieldbugs and Squashbugs of the British Isles' by Martin Evans and Roger Edmondson, I identified it as Eysarcoris aeneus, although the flight period and distribution both cast a shadow of doubt. A friend looked at one of my images and agreed with my ID, and also thought that it might be uncommon in Cheshire, having never seen one himself.
I would appreciate any comments regarding my identification and, if I am correct, any other information that anyone might have about the distribution in Cheshire.
Two images are attached. One taken in shade and the other in brighter light.
Mel.
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