Topic: What is this beetle?

[Sue7]

Is anyone able to identify this beetle for me (two images attached)?  I have seen it my rhubarb, raspberries and Swiss chard - all of which are in the same area of my allotment.  Another allotment has quite a lot of these beetles on their rhubarb plant.

I wondered if it was raspberry beetle.  Although it looks similar to images I've seen on the internet I wasn't 100% sure.

Would be good to know if it was a friend or foe!  If a foe, how best to deal with it....organically? 

Any advice gratefully received

Thanks
Sue

[alkanet]

a shield bug of some sort?

[ancellsfarmer]

Dont think your beetle is a raspberry beetle
see http://www.thewcg.org.uk/pages/byturidae.htm
but cannot identify them. There are a few to choose from!

[Sue7]

Thanks for the suggestion that this might be a shield bug - having looked these up I think you're right.  I'd never heard of these bugs so have learned something new. 

[johhnyco15]

its a pentatomidae  stink bug they dont cause too much trouble 

[alkanet]

if it's one of these, I think you have to call the Authorities, and then move house sharpish

[ancellsfarmer]

Thanks for the suggestion that this might be a shield bug - having looked these up I think you're right.  I'd never heard of these bugs so have learned something new.

Does it look like these?
Rhaphigaster nebulosa

[Uncle_Filthster]

Dock bug Coreus marginatus
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/coreus_marginatus.html