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What bug's you?

mrbadexample
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:hello:

Can anyone tell me what this bug is? There's loads in me garden, and I want to be sure it doesn't eat pumpkins. :D

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N.B. The apostrophe in the title is not a mistake. :p
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  • Noozan
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    It's a ladybird larvae and is your ickle friend! :D The adults and larvae will scoff any pesky aphids in your garden.
    I have the mind of a criminal genius. I keep it in the freezer next to Mother....
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    Ta very much. I thought it looked too cool to be a baddie. :D Makes me glad I was really careful not to kill any, too! :j
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Gingernutmeg
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    Ahh, thanks for that! I've got loads of these on my roses and I noticed that they were now aphid free :) Nice to know what's living in the garden!
  • frivolous_fay
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    I Want One!
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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    frivolous_fay wrote: »
    I Want One!

    Sorry, they're very discerning, and only inhabit the finest establishments. :p :rotfl:
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    I've got lots of posh nosh on my roses!
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • sillyvixen
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    having spent most of the day weeding my front and back garden i have met a fair few mini beasts i was not previously aquainted with - none of which i had any inclination to hold in my hand and photo (eek) - kept my gloves firmly on and danced like a mainiac round the garden when a woodlouse got to close to the wrist end of the glove!! unfortunatly my nextdoor nieghbour was passing by her window at the time a called her children to see the strange woman next door freaked out by the insect! i dont care weather they are good or bad i am not very good with the residents living in my garden!!
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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    sillyvixen wrote: »
    having spent most of the day weeding my front and back garden i have met a fair few mini beasts i was not previously aquainted with - none of which i had any inclination to hold in my hand and photo (eek)

    But I needed to know what it was! It was easier to photograph than describe! Anyway, I don't think there's much (if anything) in Britain that can bother you. Go ahead, pick one up! Bugs are great! :D
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Noozan
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Sorry, they're very discerning, and only inhabit the finest establishments. :p :rotfl:

    I wish more of them would come and live in my garden! The local kids collect ladybirds off the hedges in the summer and bring them to my garden :p
    I have the mind of a criminal genius. I keep it in the freezer next to Mother....
  • sillyvixen
    sillyvixen Posts: 3,642 Forumite
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    there was one thing that bothered me - it was red and shiney and had a hard looking shell it was about 7mm long and there were at least 2 of them i could not get any closer to give a better discription - they really freaked me!!!!
    Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness. There is no more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "i am really clever!"
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