Can anyone identify this bug please. We live in Nottingham (UK) and haven't noticed them in the area before. We now have quite a few and wondered if they were a potential problem. They seem to like hanging around the outside tomatoes.
Many thanks in anticipation
Martin
Bug ID
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wow, never seen one of them before.... looks quite beautiful
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Could still be a pest though, like the Rosemary Beetles I came across last year:Annpan wrote:wow, never seen one of them before.... looks quite beautiful
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It's the nymph of the green shield bug Palomena prasina. No bother whatsoever to a gardener.
Pretty, though. It'll change shape as it gets older until it looks like ... errrm ... a shield.
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteropte ... asina.html
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Pretty, though. It'll change shape as it gets older until it looks like ... errrm ... a shield.
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteropte ... asina.html
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Great website and wonderful informative pics! 
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM,(thanks)
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Thanks Mike it's put my mind at rest and the website is now in my favourites. I tried Googling but not knowing the bugs name made for futile searching.
Martin
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