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?

I love these puzzles

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

Would say that was a pic of a ladybird variant, these look like a different branch to me?

that might be what it is - if you google the name you'll find others which look more like yours

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.

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

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.

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?

They are stink bugs....

Bugger!!! The yellow ones are nymphs!!! What a twat!

eeeww - what do they smell like?

yep thems the ones

Yeah I;m not sure why they are called stink bugs... we have them here in the UK and they can be quite serious pests, I think some have a fetid defensive smell but I have never smelt them... mind you my sinus's are shot to pieces so my sense of smell is really bad now...

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...

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