| A common
group of insects are Shieldbugs, named after their
heraldic shield-like shape and belonging to the
order Hemiptera. They frequent
most types of vegetation and although most feed on their
foliage and berries etc, some species are carnivorous.
Shieldbugs go through several stages of growth called
nymphs, which are as frequently found as the adults and a
few species exhibit brood care. Shieldbugs are also
fairly regular visitors to MV moth traps. The Blue
Shieldbug is an attractively coloured species which we
have found only occasionally, at Eakring Flash in 2006
and then most recently at Sherwood Forest CP, Clipstone
Old Quarter and Penny Pasture Common. |
