bug on raspberries - with pic

[hipflask]

Can someone please tell me what this bug is?


Got quite a few on the raspberries and was wondering whether to harrie carrie them or not.

[chris]

Good guys - ladybug larvae!

[hipflask]

okdoky, thanks for reply. no harrie carrie for them then!

[rustylady]

STEP AWAY FROM THE LADYBIRD LARVAE!! They're good guys. BTW I notice that was your first post - Welcome to the Vine. Could you add your location to your profile please?

[Jeanied]

Great picture of the most voracious aphid eater on the plot!

[hipflask]

Updated and Thanks got my macro lens out for them

[BUFFS]

best picture i have ever seen of the baby aphid muncher....ace..

[Potstubsdustbins]

This pic should be where everyone can see it, best pic I have seen of ladybug and new comers attention should be drawn to it. Maybe we could organise a good/bad guy gallery, I know it would have been very useful to me when I started.

Colin

[Florence Fennel]

That's a brilliant picture Hipflask, glad you didn't squish them. Welcome to the Vine.

[Two_Sheds]

Maybe we could organise a good/bad guy gallery

Here's one: Common garden creatures
(I typed "good insect bad insect" into a popular search engine