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Recording Doncaster wildlife since 1880

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Bugs – Acanthosomatidae (Shieldbugs)

Order Hemiptera – Bugs
   Superfamily Pentatomoidea
      Family Acanthosomatidae – Shieldbugs

Acnanthosoma haemorrhoidale - Hawthorn Shieldbug, Sherwood
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale - Hawthorn Shieldbug ,Brodsworth Hall & Garden
Canthosoma haemorrhoidale - Hawthorn Shieldbug and Cyphostethus tristriatus - Juniper Shieldbug comparison shot.
Cyphostethus tristriatus - Juniper Shieldbug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Cyphostethus tristriatus - Juniper Shieldbug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield
Cyphostethus tristriatus - Juniper Shieldbug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield
Elasmostethus intersinctus - Birch Shieldbug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Elasmucha grisea - Parent Bug, Clumber Park NT
Elasmucha grisea - Parent Bug, Clumber Park NT
Elasmucha grisea - Parent Bug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Elasmucha grisea - Parent Bug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 17th October 2021 Visit to St. Aidans RSPB reserve 14 September 2021
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday, 8th September 2021 3 September 2021
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 1st September at Langold Country Park. 25 August 2021
  • Next Meeting – Saturday 4th September, AGM & EGM 21 August 2021
  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Hurst Lane Gravel Pits 21 August 2021

Slideshow

Mist over The Fen
Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Cecidopyopsis betulae, a gall mite, on Silver Birch, Potteric Carr (upper surface).
Cecidophyes galii (mite) on Cleavers
Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Sandal Beat Wood, Doncaster
Banded Damoiselle - Calopteryx splendens (male), Denaby Ings.
Apterogenum ypsillon - Dingy Shears, Austerfield.
Celastrina argiolus - Holly Blue (female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Pieris brassicae, Large White, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Euphydryas aurinia - Marsh Fritillary, Chambers Farm Wood, Lincs.

Gallery

Dog’s Tooth lichen. Peltagera lepidophora Hurst Lane gravel pits Bog Pimpernel Anagallis tenella at Hurst Lane Gravel Pits Gymnosporangium cornutum on Rowan leaf. Blue Morpho, Anston Stone Wood.

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