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Not a Shield bug, not a Vine Weevil.

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: 53,974
    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: 4,214
    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: 2,507
    Google image search has come up with Rhaphigaster nebulosa, common name mottled shieldbug, 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 53,974
    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: 22,870
    @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: 53,974
    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: 9,927
    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.
    Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
  • 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: 22,870
    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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