Pest id?

[jackyspratty]

Wiltry to get a photo tomorrow. I have seen loads in the garden on beans, tayberry bush leaves and in the polytunnel.
It sort of looks like a black woodlouse with an orange bit on the back but more scaley.
Anyone know what it is and should I be worried?!

[flighty1]

hi there i may be totally wrong but it may prove to be ladybird larvae have a look here

http://plymouthenvironmentcentre.org...ird_larvae.jpg

if i'm right you have nothing to worry about. If i'm wrong i apologise & would be interested to know what you have.

[zazen999]

It's ladybird larvae.

Rejoice for it is a good thing

[Two_Sheds]

Absolutely right: it's a teenage ladybird (halfway between the alligator stage and the pretty stage)

[jackyspratty]

Yes, thats them!!
Hooray I have ladybirds!
Do you know I have never seen one of them before, the teenager not the full ladybird.
You learn someting new ...... well I seem to be learning about 8 things a day thanks to grapes

[binley100]

Got loads of them this year, I keep relocating them to various things with greenfly on seem to work faster than anything else.