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Insect identifying
markpetervernon
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I have orange insects on my cherry tree and tomatoes in hanging baskets. We only moved in in february. Are these colorado potatoe beetle larvae and if so what do i do now?
Edit: for some reason i cant get pictures to post. Description is small tick like insect orange body 2 rows of black spots lengthways on the body. I also have lots of ladybird lavae so i know they are not the same.
Last edited: 21 June 2017 18:18:04
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We need to see a photo
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thought you would i will continue trying to get them to upload.
There's a size limit so maybe try resizing your photo to get it to load.
Ladybird larvae.
The orange round ones are late stage before turning into ladybirds, the longer black and orange are earlier stage.
Nothing to worry about.
Last edited: 21 June 2017 18:50:36
Ladybird larvae - good guys which will hoover up your unwanted aphids.
https://www.google.fr/search?q=ladybird%2Blarvae%2Bimages&oq=ladybird%2Blarvae%2Bimages&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.8249j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Even the smaller ones? Cool. Thanks for your help everyone.
Definitely not Colorado beetles, they look like ladybird larvae and pupae.