Sloe Bug
Dolycoris baccarum
Length 12mm

Dark reddish brown and stippled with black dots; segments of abdomen banded reddish yellow and black and these visible beyond outer margin of wings. Pronotum lacks pronounced lateral projections seen in some other shield bugs. Widespread and common in Britain and Ireland although scarce in N. Associated with blackthorn and other hedgerow shrubs and feeds on sloe and other berries.