Red-legged Shieldbug
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Pentatoma rufipes
Common & widespread in Britain.
Seen mainly between July-November.
These large and flat shield bugs are shaped like an escutcheon-type shield.
They have a dark brown body in autumn, lighter in summer, usually bronze-colored.
They show red-orange to cream markings at the tip of their scutella.
The legs and the first segment of the antennae are usually red-brown or bright orange.
Its distinguishing characteristic is a pair of projections extending forward from the shoulders at the front of its dorsal thorax.
The larvae are dark, but become lighter, especially at the hind body, with increasing age.
Also known as Forest Shieldbugs.