what shield bug is this, Palomena prasina?

[whaleomeloette]

it looks like to me but im not very good at distinguishing between them
is it a Palomena prasina in brown form?

[Jason Green]

Morning Alexander,

This is the Forest Shiedbug, Pentatoma rufipes - note the blue and yellow band around the lower margin (known as the connexivum), the yellow dot to the scutellum and broad, pointed pronotum. The Green Shieldbug lacks these features.

The Green Shieldbug is only brown during Autumn/Winter during hibernation to camouflage in with dead leaves - returning to green as it 'wakes-up' in the Spring and for Summer.

Take care,

Jason

[whaleomeloette]

ahh fab! thanks very much, its always much easier to see the subtle differences when you point them out, most websites assume you know what youre looking at in the first place!