Unknown Bug

How could you not take a picture of something this brightly coloured when it unexpectedly turns up in the leaves you're clearing!

[Mark Prince]

Very unusual beetle, not seen one of these before.

[Mark Prince]

This bug was bugging me as I did not know what it was. So I looked it up, it appears to be a kind of Shield Bug, Eurydema dominulus, it is fairly rare, and it would seem to be on its most Northerly part of its range near you. This would explain why I have not seen one before.

[plainjaneandnonnonsense]

@markp thanks Mark I was hoping the title might prompt someone to educate me :-) I've never seen one before either and was chuffed it stopped around long enough for me to snap!