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Went down to the plots yesterday only to find little beetle/grubs everywhere in the fruit cage.
About 7mm long, matt black with bright orange markings on their backs. They have beetles legs at the front of their bodies and the backs are almost like a wood louse but soft not scaly.
My immediate reaction was "this ain't good", these do not look like friends. But not being the most impatient of people, I thought well if I take a couple home with me and consult the Readers Digest book of Wildlife, find out what they are and then think of how I'm going to tackle this.
On the way home I was thinking, I don't want to use pesticides but it's going to be a mamoth squidging task and at a time when I really don't have much time.
Looked in said tome and low and behold they are the pupea of Ladybirds, I feel quite like a dad now and am worrying about where they are going to find enough aphids to feed, as I've not seen any on my plot.
About 7mm long, matt black with bright orange markings on their backs. They have beetles legs at the front of their bodies and the backs are almost like a wood louse but soft not scaly.
My immediate reaction was "this ain't good", these do not look like friends. But not being the most impatient of people, I thought well if I take a couple home with me and consult the Readers Digest book of Wildlife, find out what they are and then think of how I'm going to tackle this.
On the way home I was thinking, I don't want to use pesticides but it's going to be a mamoth squidging task and at a time when I really don't have much time.
Looked in said tome and low and behold they are the pupea of Ladybirds, I feel quite like a dad now and am worrying about where they are going to find enough aphids to feed, as I've not seen any on my plot.
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