A mating pair of Forest Bugs (Red-legged Shield Bugs) on an oak leaf

A nice pair of Forest Bugs (Pentatoma rufipes), which seem to have been renamed Red-legged Shield Bugs. This is probably fair enough, as they are not really forest animals and it sort of matches the scientific name.
This species is widespread and common in Britain.

Order Hemiptera
Family Pentatomidae

17/7/2024

#bugs
#shieldbug
#pentatoma
#mating
#copulation
#oak