FSC Shieldbugs app for iPhone and iPad

Having conquered the popular groups such as birds and butterflies, many people become interested in tackling groups that are less well recorded. Shieldbugs are ideal - large, colourful and distinctively-shaped insects found throughout the UK, even in winter.

This easy to use guide from the Field Studies Council will help you quickly put a name to some of the commoner shieldbugs that you might see in the UK. Using body colour to filter choices, you should quickly be able to call up more information and photographs including colour detail, body shape, habitat and UK distribution. The app allows you to submit photographic records using your devices geo-location capabilities.

Featuring clear colour photographs of key identification features, the Shieldbugs guide is just one of our range the identification apps designed to help you find out what lives in your local green places as well as ponds and streams. Suitable for all ages.