#Common green shieldbug

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Common Green Shieldbug

A common green shieldbug on the sunlit stem of a buddleja, in the garden.

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Last of the summer wine: autumn wildlife

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Cool bug!!!

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Common Green Shieldbug #insect

A rather handsome Palomena prasina. Picture taken June 1. #shieldbug #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography

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Ten of my favourite photos I took in October 2024 and month summary

The photos are of; fly agaric at Matley Wood in the New Forest, shaggy scalycaps at Lakeside Country Park, Kingfisher at Blashford Lakes, Speckled Wood, Migrant Hawker, Mottled shieldbugs and view at Lakeside, autumn leaves in Winchester and Michaelmas daisies and New Forest Pony at Lymington.

October was a fantastic month of fungi for me. In the peak season I treasured seeing many spectacular, gorgeous and fascinating species including fly agaric, devil's fingers, amethyst deceiver, yellow stagshorn, shaggy scalycap, candlesnuff fungi, bleeding fairy helmet, eyelash fungi, parasol, turkey tail, earthballs, panthercap, false death cap, sulphur tuft and waxcaps. It has also been nice to see slime mould including red raspberry slime mould at a few places and lichen and moss.

I had a brilliant birdwatching month too with some special species seen heading well into autumn. Key species seen were a fair few Kingfishers, Water Rail, Great White Egret, Greenshank, Avocet, Lapwing, Jack Snipe, Sanderling, Common Gull, Pochard, Gadwall, Pintail, Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Goosander, Brent Geese, Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Marsh Harriers, Siskin, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, lots of Jays seen in their active time of year, notable Ravens at Lakeside and home, Dunnock, Blackcap at Lakeside, Cetti's Warbler, Wren and Long-tailed Tit. Turnstones and Ringed Plover seen well, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coots and Greylag Geese at Lakeside, Jackdaw and Magpie seen a lot, Red Kite in Winchester, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail seen well and Pied Wagtail were also great to see. Glorious scenes came this month with the return of the Redwings a key bird of the autumn and winter, I was elated to see a Hen Harrier and I was thrilled to see the Winchester Peregrines and Lakeside Great Crested Grebes including their chicks a lot.

There were some nice butterflies to see still with lots of Speckled Woods especially at Lakeside, Red Admiral and Peacock and I was amazed to see a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in Winchester as well as other moths. Dragonflies and damselflies continued to shine this month with so many splendid views of Migrant Hawkers and Southern Hawker and Common Darters too. My first Willow Emerald Damselfly of the year was special to see at Fishlake Meadows. Other insects I enjoyed seeing this month were Mottled shieldbugs and other shieldbugs, wasps and hornets. It was good to see lots of spiders this month too including Long-bodied Cellar spider at home and snails and slugs. In terms of mammals I enjoyed seeing the also active Grey Squirrels a few times, Roe and Fallow Deers and New Forest Ponies.

Key flowers seen this month included Michaelmas daisies, forget-me-not, comfrey, lots of oxtongue, dandelion, tormentil, bell heather, common mallow, white deadnettle, stinging nettle, daisy, water mint, vervain, viper's-bugloss, horseweed, common and ivy-leaved toadflax, hogweed, yarrow, hedge woundwort, ragwort, gorse, dock, herb-Robert and wood avens which brought some wonderful colour as it quietened down for flowers. Wild carrot, teasel, hemp agrimony and spear thistle were among pretty seed heads enjoyed this month with cleavers enjoyed too. There was also a great display of berries this month again with rose hips, hawthorn berries, guelder rose berries, dogwood berries, nightshade berries and snowberries creating vibrant scenes.

And of course this month the splendour of autumn's colour was captivating and wholesome to observe. I also enjoyed taking in many great other vistas this month including coast, reedbed and general wetland, rivers and New Forest heaths and woodland. There were some special sky scenes observed this month too. Have a great November all.

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Common Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/125 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/22/2010

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Palomena prasina (Common Green Shieldbug): Fındık Yeşil Kokarcası

Familya: Pentatomidae

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Common green shieldbug, Palomena prasina, on a window.

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Common green shieldbug

The common shieldbug was once restricted to Southern England, but has since been moving northwards and is now quite widespread. It can be found in all kinds of habitats from gardens to farms. Species information Category Bugs Statistics Length: 1.3cm Conservation status Common. When to see May to November About A recent beneficiary of climate change, the common green shieldbug was once…

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Common Green Shieldbug (final instar) by Paul Leyland Via Flickr: Allerston, North Yorkshire

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Mating Shieldbugs

A pair of mating common green shieldbugs, on a buddleja leaf in the garden.

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Eggs of the Common Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) #insects #insecteggs #shieldbug #shieldbugeggs #wildlife #nature #macro #garden #insectphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macrophotography #gardenphotography #ausgeo #etoe_2 #ethereal_softness #ethereal_moods #gloomy_side_views #charming_nature_ #flowersandmacro #ip_insects #macrogrammers #top_macro (at Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B49ksYQAoR3/?igshid=l1mkqdr2bjd0

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Palomena prasina Common Green Shieldbug by pete beard

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This got the NoD ... PaulUpwey: Common Green Shieldbug from the garden this afternoon. https://t.co/kEwTMoBdSj http://dlvr.it/NnH9nM .... take a look!

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Round up of my wild week 15th-19th May 2023

Unusually since I started doing these posts this post doesn’t include any weekend days, following the set up of last weekend for me meaning I did the post on Sunday evening for the first time and the possible set up of this weekend for me meaning I likely won’t have a chance to do it tomorrow or Sunday I thought I would do one tonight. And this week was quite a notable working week of wildlife watching moments squeezed in to look back on. 

The pinnacle of the week of course was that exhilarating moment on a look at Winnall Moors on an office day yesterday lunch time where I heard and saw a Garden Warbler, an enchanting and thrilling species to see at any time. And my first of the species seen since 2018 taking my year list to the magical 200. I heard Sedge Warbler nicely there too which on its own as one of my favourite birds is quite a big lunch time moment. On Lakeside walks this week the big thing was seeing one Great Crested Grebe pair firmly and consistently on the nest, bringing great hope of adorable humbug chicks. My fingers are crossed. Wonderful views of Whitethroat and hearing them well, swirling Swifts and Swallows, Mallards and both species of geese with great views of their growing and gorgeous young and Moorhen were other great birds seen at Lakeside this week. Wren, Jackdaw and Jay were birds I had a good week for, with Grey Heron seen on the way to Winchester yesterday. It was notable to see birds before reaching Lakeside on lunch time walks early in the week, a great Lesser Black-backed Gull view and beautiful views of two roving Red Kites on Tuesday seeing them at Lakeside too.

A Moorhen at Lakeside on Monday

Mallard duckling at Lakeside on Tuesday evening

Onto butterflies and moths where I had a very exciting week on Lakeside walks. Twice seeing warm looking Small Heath flutter across the grass early in the week and a Common Blue today were two valuable year ticks. Holly Blue was perhaps the star of the week with very exciting and invigorating views of them along the northern path. Green-veined White, Speckled Wood and Peacock were other highlights across the week. I saw a few nice little moths at Lakeside this week, and today I saw my headline moth of the week one I love seeing a Silver Y seen on my earliest date in a year which was lovely, my fourth identified moth species of the year. 

Holly Blue at Lakeside on Monday 

The Silver Y 

It was a really good week for other insects for me, with my delve into damselflies really continuing with a great view of Azure Damselfly on Monday, a wonderful species and Blue-tailed Damselfly seen today and some others across the week seen flying. I also was very fascinated to find beetles with a lot of time spent looking for things in the pleasingly ever growing grass of Lakeside and some Bishop's Mitre Shieldbugs that appeared to be mating which was a really fun moment. A gant was interesting to see at home this week with crane flies enjoyed at Lakeside. 

The Bishop’s Mitre Shieldbugs on Tuesday at Lakeside. 

It was a fabulous week of flowers again, with ragged robin at Winnall Moors and dog roses, yellow rattle and water dropwort at Lakeside good new ones for the year this week. White clover, broad-leaved clover, vetch, oxeye daisies, cow parsley, buttercups, hawksbeard, cuckooflower, forget-me-not, wood avens, herb-Robert, yellow iris and medick were other highlights. It was great to enjoy lunch time walks and other time on some lovely days and take in beautiful green and sweet blossom adorned landscapes. 

Wood avens at Lakeside on Tuesday evening

Comfrey at Winnall Moors, another I enjoyed. 

Lovely lunch time at Lakeside on Monday.

Nice sky out the back on Wednesday evening.

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Common Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 3.2 1/ 125 iso: 800 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/22/2010