Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) (Possibly C. rhombicollis) Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis) in defensive position, on flower, Chinambi, Carchi, Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Land snail / Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a razor blade. The constantly produced mucus is a protection shield between the sole of the snail and the razor blade whilst the snail...

Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga tattooed Ang or Chief. Only someone who has killed and taken a human head can be tattooed in this manner. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Chien Lee / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus) hatchlings cluster to amplify the effect of their aposematic warning coloration, Malaysia

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

David Tipling / Men of Mendi from the Southern Highlands at Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Head dress has King of Saxony plumes and breast shield of Superb Bird of Paradise plus plumes from Blue bir...

Kim Taylor / Rainbow Shield Bug (Calidea dregii) Endemic to Southern Africa.

MYN / Clay Bolt / Stink Bug Nymphs (Pentatomidae) three, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA, meetyourneighbours.net project

Thomas Marent / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus) nymph, Sepilok, Borneo, Malaysia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Frade peak of the Guianan Shield mountains, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Frade peak of the Guianan Shield mountains, Brazil

Kim Taylor / Shield Bug (Hemiptera) female laying eggs on grass stem. Namibia, Africa.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bushcricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on plant amongst seedheads. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

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

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical Shield Mantis (Choeradodis sp.) grooming feet, Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

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

Thomas Marent / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) eggs, Putumayo, Colombia

Nick Upton / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on roadside verge, Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK, July.

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

Will Watson / Tadpole shrimp (Triops mauritanicus) on white background. Coastal grazing marsh, Tangiers Province, Morocco.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) stridulating amongst Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, August.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, 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

Chris Mattison / Dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female, Whitelye, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Paul Bertner / Stink bug, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

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.

Rod Williams / Dark bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. October.

Rod Williams / Parent shieldbug (Elasmucha grisea) female laying eggs, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Parent shieldbugs (Elasmucha grisea) nymphs, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. August 2017

Rod Williams / Parent shieldbug (Elasmucha grisea) adult female with nymphs, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. October.

Rod Williams / Southern green shieldbugs (Nezara viridula) mid instar nymphs Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham , London, England, UK, October.

Rod Williams / Blue shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea) With damaged wing-case Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, September.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Cotton harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) Queensland, Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Konrad Wothe / Upland Green bush-cricket (Tettigonia cantans) male, Bavaria, Germany, August.

Kirkendall-Spring / Holei Sea Arch on the edge of the Kupaianaha Lava Shield, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. December 2016.

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

Doug Wechsler / Ambush bug (Phymata sp) on Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on shield bug prey, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylavania, USA. August.

Andy Sands / Tachnid fly (Phasia hemiptera) male, the female lays its eggs directly onto Forest Bugs and Green Shield Bugs where the larvae live as parasites, Hertfordshire, England, August

Michel Roggo / Aerial view of the landscape of the south-west coast of Greenland between Kangerlussuaq and Ilulissat, with glaciers stretching out of the ice shield towards the sea. Ilulissat Icefjord UNESCO World...

Andy Sands / Tachnid fly (Phasia hemiptera) male, the female lays its eggs directly onto Forest Bugs and Green Shield Bugs where the larvae live as parasites, Hertfordshire, England, August

Michel Roggo / Aerial view of the landscape of the south-west coast of Greenlandbetween Kangerlussuaq and Ilulissat, with glaciers stretching out of the ice shield towards the sea. Ilulissat Icefjord UNESCO World H...

Michel Roggo / Aerial view of ice cap north-east of Sermeq Kujalleq Glacier with meltwater channel disappearing in a moulin, Sermersuaq / Greenland ice sheet, Greenland, Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Andy Sands / Flame shield fungus (Pluteus aurantiorugosus) an uncommon fungus found on fallen or pollarded trees often Poplar, Ash or Elm, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Chris Mattison / Eggs of Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) on umbellifer leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Persian shield plant / Royal purple plant (Strobilanthes dyeriana) leaf in garden. England, UK.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on blackberry, Sark, British Channel Islands, October.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), on buddleia, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female laying eggs, Sark, British Channel Islands, August

Sue Daly / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), fungus mimic, Nosy Boraha, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) group guarding eggs, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) group, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Shield bug, Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) eggs, Mindo, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Mindo, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), Mindo, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) nymph, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Parasitoid Wasp (Neorileya sp) on Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) eggs, Leticia, Amazon, Colombia

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), ant mimic, Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae), newly moulted ladybird mimic, Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) juvenile, Amazon, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Shield bug eggs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Paul Bertner / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) eggs, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Rod Williams / Digger wasp (Astata boops) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. August.

Rod Williams / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, UK, June.

Ingo Arndt / Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a razor blade. The constantly produced mucus is a protection shield between the sole of the snail and the razor blade. The snail remains unharmed, G...

Brian Bevan / Female Great-green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on bracken, Limoges, France, June.

Chris Mattison / Cumberland rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia) with numerous apothecia. San Diego, California, May.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Grey bush-cricket (Platycleis albopunctata), Quirnheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Green shield / stink bug (Palomena prasina) grooming its proboscis with its front feet, Wiltshire, England, UK, May.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Shield bug (Pentatomidae) taking off from leaf litter, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

Sylvain Cordier / Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola), two males fighting during lek, Guianan Shield, Suriname

Tony Wu / Clown stink bug (Poecilocoris lewisi) juvenile, Kobuchizawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Tony Wu / Dorsal view of distinctive markings of a juvenile Clown stink bug (Poecilocoris lewisi), Kobuchizawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Sylvain Cordier / Poison arrow frog (Dendrobates leucomela), two in a bromeliad, Guianan Shield, Suriname

Sylvain Cordier / Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola), during courtship display, Guianan Shield, Suriname

Sylvain Cordier / Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola), during courtship display, Guianan Shield, Suriname