Months sighted in garden
Red-legged shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Hemiptera
Dark metalic shieldbug with cream spots around margin of thorax, orange legs and slightly hooked projections at the front of the pronotum. The tip of the scutellum is orange. Top picture is of an adult, lower picture is of a final instar nymph.