Comments on: Get Your Estate In Order Aphids: Good Guys Arrive

By: sjones71

sjones71 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:38:40 +0000

You’re right Amy. These larvae look capable of some serious carnivorous action. I can only imagine how terrifying it is for those evil aphids to see one of these things coming at them!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:15:59 +0000

I’ve never noticed a lady bug larvae for that…I’m sure I’ve seen then before, thought it might eat me, and left it alone

By: sjones71

sjones71 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:32:36 +0000

I hadn’t read about them Esther! I believe that they are in the U.S., but I don’t think I’ve seen them in my garden. From what I can tell, it can be tough to tell them apart from more normal (less invasive) ladybirds. It seems like, while they don’t pose an eating threat to plants, they do outcompete other species and that can throw things off. I’m going to take a closer look at the ladybugs in my garden to see if I suspect any harlequins.

And the larvae sound extra cool!

By: Esther Montgomery

Esther Montgomery — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:20:07 +0000

Two things . . . .

Are you having any problems with the Harlequin Ladybird? We haven’t got it in Dorset yet but it is causing problems in some parts of England.

And . . .

We were astonished when we first came across ladybird larvae. I haven’t checked, but I think they must vary slightly between the different breeds – but ours are purple little monsters with raised yellow spots. (This sounds like a joke but truly, it isn’t.) We don’t see them often – but, when we do, they are extraordinary. They’d do well as extras in a dinosaur film.

Esther

By: Shala

Shala — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:36:41 +0000

We bought some lady bugs awhile back and every now and then I still catch a glimpse of a few. I wish that more had stuck around, but it is just so hot in our part of the world!

By: Jimmy Cracked-Corn

Jimmy Cracked-Corn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:04:13 +0000

I love the red lady bugs, but they are nowhere to be found in my town unless I buy them and have them shipped in. We have the orange beetles and their larve BITE!!!

By: Daphne Gould

Daphne Gould — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:48:52 +0000

I love the look of ladybug larvae. The adults look too peaceful to eat any nasty bugs, but the larvae look the part of a fierce warrior.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:38:00 +0000

great post. I love it when the lady bugs show up each spring.

By: Kate in NJ

Kate in NJ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:16:06 +0000

Gotta love those Lady Bugs!! We had one follow us home from the Jersey Shore today, it had been on my daughter all day, she was starting to feel like she was being stalked.We drove home and I pulled out my blanket and there it was.I hope she likes it in our garden.
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