Two Green shield bug nymphs

I like the black and white stripes on the edges of their shields, it looks just like they are hand painted.

These are two second stage nymps of the green shield bug sitting on a blackberry (the analog version ;).
Dutch name: Groene Stinkwants (Palomena prasina)

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Frankhuizen Photography

Lion

Great capture. Love the light on the shields.
Did the animals smell badly according to their name? ;-) Posted 13 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Actually I didn't try to sniff them ;)
  And the smelly secretion is only excreted when disturbed and I didn't disturb them, they really couldn't be sitting better then this. Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Really sharp and awesome contrast. Promoted. Posted 13 years ago

Pudding4brains

Lion

I have a sneaking suspicion these might actually be Palomena viridissima. There are no clear published criteria to ID the nymphs of the two (yet) afaik, but I have a personal theory about that ... but not tested enough.
I'll just add the viridissima name to the tags for now :o) Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Thats fine. Just as you probably tried I couldn't find any pictures distinguishing the nymphs. Dutch wiki says like 'adults are hard to distinguish, the nymphs even more so'. And shieldbug nymphs are hard to identify anyways beause there aren't much nymph reference photo's online. Posted 7 years ago

The Green shield bug

The green shield bug is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae. It may also be referred to as a green stink bug, particularly outside of Britain, although the name green stink bug more appropriately belongs to the larger North American stink bug, ''Acrosternum hilare''.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Joost Thissen