Kim Taylor / Sloe shield bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale). Surrey, England, UK, June. Digitally enhanced.

Alan Williams / Hairy dhieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) flower in garden, Cheshire, UK, April.

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.

Rod Williams / Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. June

Nick Upton / Hairy Shieldbug / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) sunning on a leaf on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hairy Shieldbug / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on a Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) in a Wiltshire meadow, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Hairy shield bug / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Hawthorn blossom, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Nick Upton / Hairy Shieldbug / Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) climbing a Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) stem by a woodland path, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Will Watson / White Dead-nettle (Lamium album) and Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum), woodland edge, Herefordshire Plateau, England, April.

Will Watson / Hairy shieldbugs (Dolycoris baccarum) on Dandelion (Taraxicum sp.) bud, woodland edge, Herefordshire Plateau, England, April.