MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

Duncan Murrell / Ocellated shield bug (Cantao ocellatus), Deniyaya, Sri Lanka.

Nick Upton / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) positioning itself to sun on Philadelphus leaves in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, April.

Rod Williams / Rhopalid bug (Rhopalus subrufus), Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, England, August

Duncan Murrell / Lychee stink bug nymph (Tessaratoma papillosa), Gunung Mulu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sarawak, Borneo.

Nick Upton / Tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) final instar nymph on a Knapweed flower bud, Green Lane Wood, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) on grass seedhead, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Philippe Clement / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) nymph on leaf showing camouflage colours, France, August

Philippe Clement / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) nymph on leaf, showing camouflage colours, Belgium, August.

Chris Mattison / Forest shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph. Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Family Pentatomidae

Chris Mattison / Forest shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph. Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Family Pentatomidae

Karine Aigner / Studio portrait of a Green stink bug (Acrosternum hilare) pests of nut and fruit trees, cotton, soybean and other crops. Mexican free-tailed bats feed on a few species of stink bugs.Texas, USA, June.