New shieldbug

Found a Dock bug (coreus marginatus) on the hops.















Amazing how the angle of the light changes the look - this is the same individual.

Spider City

I have one hop plant in the garden and today I found all these spiders on it at once.

zebra spider (salticus scenicus)















Probably a garden spider (araneus diadematus)















Not sure about this one

Ladybird for lunch!

I thought this spider had an egg sac till I looked closely at the picture and realised it had caught a harlequin ladybird!

Common green shieldbug (palomena prasina)
Seen on a hop plant in a sunny position














This seems to be a 4th instar of the same. I thought it was a different insect until I started to research shield bugs.














Forest bug (pentatoma rufipes)
Seen by the shed at the bottom of the garden - very shady and overshadowed by trees.