Solvin Zankl / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) pair mating, silhouetted against leaf. Elbtalaue, Lower Saxony, Germany. June.

Rod Williams / Tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) on leaf, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.

Chris Mattison / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) on white background, Derbyshire, England, UK, September.

Chris Mattison / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) on white background, Derbyshire, England, UK, September. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Derbyshire, England, UK, September. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Derbyshire, England, UK, September. Focus-stacked image.

Pascal Pittorino / Green stink / Sheild bug (Palomena viridissima) about to take off, Alpes de Haute Provence, France, October

Pete Oxford / Shieldbugs (Pentatomidae) sold in market for food.Apatani Tribe.Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India

Pascal Pittorino / Shieldbug (Graphosoma lineatum) resting on Common hedge parsley (Torilis arvensis) in fruits, Var, Provence, France, July.

Alex Hyde / Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Adrian Davies / Cage fungus (Clathrus ruber) Surrey, England, February.

Adrian Davies / Cage fungus (Clathrus ruber) Surrey, England, February.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Brachystethus rubromaculatus), Caves Branch, Cayo District, Belize, September. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Graphosoma semipunctatum), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Bronze shield bug (Troilus luridus) adult on Oak leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK. September

Andy Sands / Bronze shield bug (Troilus luridus) adult on oak leaf after rain shower, Hertfordshire, England, UK. September

Rod Williams / Birch shield bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus) on leaf, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) Norfolk Broads, UK, September.

Robert Thompson / Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea) Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

Robert Thompson / Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) on leaf. Near Moulinet, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

Rod Williams / Tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April

Robert Thompson / Parent Bugs (Elasmucha grisea) mating, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Stink Beetle (Calosoma oceanicum) Plutonic Gold Mine, Meekatharra Shire, Gascoyne Bioregion, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

John Abbott / Harlequin Bugs (Murgantia histrionica) mating, on white background, Stine Cove on Lake Isabella, near Porterville, Kern County, California, USA, June.

John Abbott / Darkling Beetle (Eleodes dentipes) Kernville, Kern County, California, USA, June.

Bernard Castelein / Shield bug (Graphosoma italicum) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Chien Lee / Sunda Stink Badger (Mydaus javanensis), Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

John Abbott / Giant Strongnosed Stink Bug (Alcaeorrhynchus grandis) Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Facility, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA.

John Abbott / Giant Strongnosed Stink Bug (Alcaeorrhynchus grandis) Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Facility, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) mating pair. Nr Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Piotr Naskrecki / African Stink Ant (Pachycondyla tarsata), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / African Stink Ant (Pachycondyla tarsata), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / African Stink Ant (Pachycondyla tarsata), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Stephen Dalton / Shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) taking off from poppy seed head. Sussex, England, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) Sussex, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) camouflaged on Bramble leaf, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, England, UK, October.

Rod Williams / Immature Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, October.

Rod Williams / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on bramble leaf, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on bramble leaf, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, UK, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Minstrel Bug (Graphosoma lineatum) Aland Islands, Finland, June.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Stink bug (Chlorocoris sp.) Sorocaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Stink bug (Edessa meditabunda) Sorocaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Jussi Murtosaari / Stink Bug (Chlorochroa pinicola) adult on fungus, Finland, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basket Stinkhorn (Clathrus ruber) a fungus resembling and smelling of rotten flesh, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October

Paul Harcourt Davies / Shield Bug (Nezara viridula) on leaf, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basket Stinkhorn (Clathrus ruber) a fungus of which resembles and smells of rotten flesh attarcting flies in large numbers to disperse spores, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basket Stinkhorn (Clathrus ruber) a fungus which resembles and smells like rotten flesh attracting flies as spore dispersers, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Shield Bug (Nezarla viridula) nymph, Podere Montecucco, Sugano, Orvieto, Italy, September

Chris Mattison / Shield bug (possibly Pygoplatys acutus). Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Loic Poidevin / Southern green stink bugs (Nezara viridula) on lavender flowers, Vendee, West France

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green squash bug (Savius jurgiosus) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green squash bug (Savius jurgiosus) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green squash bug (Savius jurgiosus) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Shield Bug (Loxa flavicollis) on plant, Sabal Palm sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Shield Bug (Loxa flavicollis) Sabal Palm sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) and camouflaged Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) on thistle flower (Cirsium), Kovevje, Slovenia, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus), also known as a Shield Bug, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Stink Bug (Edessa sp), Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Loic Poidevin / Malagasy sheildbugs (Pentatomidae) three on a green leaf, Madagascar.

Sandesh Kadur / Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) Western Ghats, Southern India

Nick Upton / Italian striped stink / Harlequin bugs (Graphosoma italicum) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Suzi Eszterhas / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) mother with eggs on leaf, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Malaysia

Suzi Eszterhas / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) with hatchlings on belly, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Malaysia

John Cancalosi / Shield / Stink Bug (Pentatomid) nymphs eating caterpillar (Saturnidae). Santa Rosa National park tropical dry forest, Costa Rica.

Piotr Naskrecki / Stink Bug (Edessa sp) with aposematic coloration, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Shield Bug (Pentatomoidea) on a leaf. Napo River bordering Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest Ecuador.

Mark Moffett / African Stink Ant (Pachycondyla tarsata) in burrow, Selinda Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Andy Sands / Shield Bug (Nezarla viridula) fourth instar, new arrival in UK, London, England, July

Andy Sands / Shield Bug (Nezarla viridula) early instar, new arrival in UK, London, England, July

Nick Upton / Shield Bug / Stink Bug (Carpocoris pudicus) on a thistle leaf. Zadar province, Croatia, July.

Nick Upton / Shield Bug / Stink Bug (Carpocoris pudicus) on a Spiny Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper) leaf. Zadar province, Croatia, July.

Nick Upton / Green shield / stink bug (Palomena prasina) camouflaged on Sycamore leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Green shield / stink bug (Palomena prasina) sun basking on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Shield / Southern Green Stink Bugs (Nezara viridula) shown here in various nymphal stages. They can cause damage to peas, potatoes and tomatoes. Italy, Europe.

Stephen Dalton / Squash bug / Stink bug (Acanthocephala granulosa) in flight, Florida, USA

Stephen Dalton / Squash bug / Stink bug (Acanthocephala granulosa) in flight, Florida, USA

James Christensen / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Mindo, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) juvenile, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) juvenile climbing, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) juvenile, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) on leaf litter, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) juvenile feeding on Handsome Fungus Beetle (Endomychidae)

Paul Harcourt Davies / Shield Bug (Nezarla viridula) nymph, Italy

Nick Upton / Red and black striped stink bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) competing to mate on Wild carrot (Daucus carota) seedhead, Brandenburg, Germany

Nick Upton / Red and black striped stink bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota) seedhead, Brandenburg, Germany

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Two Italian stink bugs (Graphosoma italicum) on Mediterranean hartwort (Tordylium apulum) Falassarna, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Claudio Contreras / Two Stink bugs (Oplomus sp) on a leaf, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, March

Stephen Dalton / Stink bug {Tessaratomidae} camouflaged on leaf, Assam, India

Piotr Naskrecki / Cup Moth (Limacodidae) caterpillar being predated on by Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Ghana

Michael Durham / Stink Bug (Brochymena affinis), northwest Oregon

Tim Laman / Stink bug (Hemiptera) on Heliconia flower. Piedras Blancas National Park, Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Costa Rica.

Gerry Ellis / Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) on red blossom, temperate North America

Thomas Marent / Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) on leaf it has partially consumed, Black Forest, Germany

Thomas Marent / Stink Bug portrait, Tambopata, Peru

Tony Phelps / Bark stink bug {Coenomorpha sp} Little Karoo, South Africa