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What are these little blighters?

Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
in Fruit & veg
I've noticed nibble marks on some of my cue's, which I suspect are slugs.
But I also see a lot of these beetles on the cucumbers too.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Slug damage?


Mystery beetle-


Billericay - Essex

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's a mirid, probably a nettle bug https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/liocoris_tripustulatus.html
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    @Pete8 posiabley Lygus cf. pratensis try the link below apparently is a large family of bugs 

    https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/lygus_pratensis.html
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Thanks guys - do you think they're responsible for the nibbles on my cucumbers or is it slugs?

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    I think that maybe it is the bugs, might be a small slug if you can go out in the evening and have a look around if it is slugs your probably catch them at it.
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Thanks HH I've checked before for slugs, but maybe they saw me coming and scarpered
    But there are trails on the windows and paving so it could be either bugs or slugs I guess
    I'll put down a few pellets and see if that makes any difference

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    The marks look too delicate for mice.
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I don't think mices either, I think probably slugs - they're desperate in this weather (or up until today..)
    I found a tomato just touching the soil, the skin and flesh had been eaten away from just the bottom half leaving the pulp and seeds visible through an opaque membrane - weirdly quite pretty

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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