Are green shield bugs harmless?

I have noticed one or two green shield bugs in my garden, are they harmless or should I be concerned?

Asked on 3 Jul, 2007 by

Tussiemussie

Location: Nr Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom

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Joey

Hi there Tussiemussie, the RHS have an article saying they are harmless and dont need controlling. The link is http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0900/green_shield_bug.asp

3 Jul, 2007

Tussiemussie

Thank you Joey, that is nice to know, I had some similar but brown squash bugs last year and they reduced my newly planted rhubarb leaves to skeletons,strange thing for them to eat they didn't touch the squash!

3 Jul, 2007

Tussiemussie

Oops just read the article and those I saw were uniformly green, might be that new southern one, which can be a pest. If I see any more non-natives I will pick them off and feed them to the ducks!

3 Jul, 2007

Joey

Ahhh, actually I am pretty partial to rhubarb myself so I dont blame them!

4 Jul, 2007

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