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little beelittle bee Posts: 68
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Can anyone help these bugs are eating my friends shrubs

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    They are unlikely to be eating your friend's shrubs little bee but they may be eating whichever bug is doing the damage. They are Kidney Spot ladybird larvae
    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/kidney-spot-ladybird
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • little beelittle bee Posts: 68
    Thank you very helpful & I will pass it on she sent me more pics of the damage maybe you will know what the destroyer is ?
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Difficult to tell without a close up but could be aphids (which would explain the ladybird larvae) or scale insects.  Not good on ornamentals but that shrub looks like it could do with a good soak, drought weakens plants and then any bug damage seems much worse.

    Perhaps your friend could leave the hose on a slow trickle at the base for a few hours?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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