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What kind of ladybird is this?

sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
in Wildlife gardening
Perched on a rather poor clematis cutting.

Good? Bad? Will it eat my aphids? I have plenty to go around.😁
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    All ladybirds eat aphids 🥰It’s probably one of the Harlequins ... they come in many colour ways ... aliens, but they’re here ... we’ll never eradicate them
    and as I said, they eat aphids so they’re our friends. 🥰

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Thank you! Friendly little thing. I am an alien in this country too (my husband would say an almighty pest!) so he is welcome in my garden.;)

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @sarinka  ....  we love friendly aliens 🥰

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Harlequins will nip you.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    But only if you pick them up ... I might nip if a giant picked me up ... I might do more than nip!  I don’t think that should make us take against them 🐞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Two climbed on to my arm and nipped when I was deadheading my roses. But it was only once, and several years ago. They were probably just in a bad mood.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Poor little things were probably hanging on for dear life 🤣 🐞 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    Blimey, that's not nice! Ty for the warning. This one seemed very benign. I picked him up and put him on my aphid-riddled lavatera. Hopefully, he'll summon his mates.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I wouldn't call it a warning. Its not like a mosquito bite. More like a minuscule yappy dog giving you a nip.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Unless you're this guy.
    Utah, USA.
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