Juan Carlos Munoz / Italian striped bug (Graphosoma lineatum), Redes Natural Park, Caso Council, Asturias, Spain.

Laurent Geslin / Striped shield bug (Graphosoma italicum) in urban environment with graffiti Grenoble, France. September 2012.

Laurent Geslin / Striped shield bug (Graphosoma italicum) in urban environment, Grenoble, France. September.

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

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

Konrad Wothe / Group of Striped shield bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota), France. August.

Konrad Wothe / Group of Striped shield bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota), France. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pair of Striped shield bugs (Graphosoma lineatum) mating on Fennel (Ferula sp.) flower, Nr Orvieto. Umbria, Italy. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mating pair of Italian striped bug (Graphosoma lineatum italicum) on a flowering thistle, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Italian striped bug (Graphosoma lineatum italicum) resting on leaf, Umbria, Italy. June.

Edwin Giesbers / Stink bug (Graphosoma lineatum). The Netherlands. September.

Edwin Giesbers / Stink bug (Graphosoma lineatum) on Daisy flower. The Netherlands. June.

Robert Pickett / Stink Bugs mating (Graphosoma italicum), Provence, France.