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Mottled Shieldbug - top view, Berghem, Netherlands <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99678/mottled_shieldbug_-_habitat_berghem_netherlands.html" title="Mottled Shieldbug - habitat, Berghem, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/99678_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sSSNRXWAAAT9dy5PWHlz2lXOXzA%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Mottled Shieldbug - habitat, Berghem, Netherlands https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99679/mottled_shieldbug_-_top_view_berghem_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99681/mottled_shieldbug_-_front_view_berghem_netherlands.html Berghem,Europe,Mottled Shieldbug,Netherlands,Rhaphigaster nebulosa,World" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99681/mottled_shieldbug_-_front_view_berghem_netherlands.html" title="Mottled Shieldbug - front view, Berghem, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/99681_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=lfqSEOzAoC7U%2FCMGddoeJHcps7k%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Mottled Shieldbug - front view, Berghem, Netherlands https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99678/mottled_shieldbug_-_habitat_berghem_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99679/mottled_shieldbug_-_top_view_berghem_netherlands.html Berghem,Europe,Mottled Shieldbug,Netherlands,Rhaphigaster nebulosa,World" /></a></figure> Berghem,Europe,Mottled Shieldbug,Netherlands,Rhaphigaster nebulosa,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Mottled Shieldbug - top view, Berghem, Netherlands

Mottled Shieldbug - habitat, Berghem, Netherlands https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99679/mottled_shieldbug_-_top_view_berghem_netherlands.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/99681/mottled_shieldbug_-_front_view_berghem_netherlands.html Berghem,Europe,Mottled Shieldbug,Netherlands,Rhaphigaster nebulosa,World

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  1. View Pudding4brains's profile
    Pudding4brains
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    Wow, strange-looking individual ! Damage or variant ... ?!? I'm guessing some damage, but not clearly ... Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      I'm glad you asked. I spent about 30 mins looking at reference photos as I also noticed it looks a bit off. Yet in all my searching it still looks closest to Rhaphigaster nebulosa. I don't know of any species looking closer in the Netherlands. Particular deviations I noticed:

      - The all-black triangle below the thorax, which normally is yellow/black spotted
      - The banded pattern which is red/black instead of yellow/black

      It could be damaged, old, not sure.       Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

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The Mottled Shieldbug

"Rhaphigaster nebulosa" is a European stink bug in the family Pentatomidae.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 8, 2020. Captured Jun 22, 2020 13:26.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/6.3
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm