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Insect ID please
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Hi, I have these criitters everywhere in my garden, and I don't know what they are, so I can't lookup to see if they are good or bad guys. They seem to be a beetle, so it's 50/50 good or bad. Anyone know?
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Re: Insect ID please
Originally Posted by strobl_j
(Post 8874524)
Hi, I have these criitters everywhere in my garden, and I don't know what they are, so I can't lookup to see if they are good or bad guys. They seem to be a beetle, so it's 50/50 good or bad. Anyone know?
wiki has a pic of an Adalia-bipunctata-negra which looks a bit like yours - no idea if it's a goody or a baddy though http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...tata-negra.jpg |
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Would say that was a pic of a ladybird variant, these look like a different branch to me?
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Re: Insect ID please
Originally Posted by strobl_j
(Post 8874557)
Would say that was a pic of a ladybird variant, these look like a different branch to me?
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I think Adalia-bipunctata is the ladybird family, and nothing on google looked at all like my critters to me, so open to other offers on this. The critters body are a different shape and construction to ladybirds.
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They are stink bugs, Eurydema ornata is the red one with black stripy things... the yellow is the same species, maybe a sub species.
Google Stink bugs in Spain |
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No, it's not a ladybird variant, I'm pretty sure of that.
We have them all over the garden. They look like a variety of shield bug to me. From memory they have piercing mouthparts, and suck sap. Sap suckers have the potential to spread plant diseases. Piercing mouthparts define the true 'bug' ie bed bugs, whcu like several other bugs suck blood. I hope to god they aren't a menace as they are everywhere here. |
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I would be happy if they were a ladybird, as god knows there are enough aphids here when the broad beans come up. They seem to make a buzzing noise when they fly if that helps?
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Re: Insect ID please
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 8874576)
No, it's not a ladybird variant, I'm pretty sure of that.
We have them all over the garden. They look like a variety of shield bug to me. From memory they have piercing mouthparts, and suck sap. Sap suckers have the potential to spread plant diseases. Piercing mouthparts define the true 'bug' ie bed bugs, whcu like several other bugs suck blood. I hope to god they aren't a menace as they are everywhere here.
Originally Posted by strobl_j
(Post 8874580)
I would be happy if they were a ladybird, as god knows there are enough aphids here when the broad beans come up. They seem to make a buzzing noise when they fly if that helps?
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Bugger!!! The yellow ones are nymphs!!! What a twat!
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Originally Posted by rugbymatt
(Post 8874572)
They are stink bugs, Eurydema ornata is the red one with black stripy things... the yellow is the same species, maybe a sub species.
Google Stink bugs in Spain yep thems the ones |
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Originally Posted by lynnxa
(Post 8874587)
eeeww - what do they smell like?
yep thems the ones |
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Def stink bugs. They are another name for shield bugs.
Glands in their legs give out an extremely strong odour to dissuade enemies from eating them. Try squashing one and sniff... Put them in a pestle and pound them with chillies and herbs to make a paste called cheo. This is eaten as a side dish with glutinous rice on Laos apparantly and considered delicious... hmmm Yum yum...yuk yuk... |
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Thanks for the ID. They have to go! I may try dissuading them with a strong chilli/garlic solution, but I ain't eating them with it :)
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