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Is this a pest?

lcbrittainlcbrittain Posts: 26
in Problem solving
What is this? And is it damaging? They are swarming around my apricot after it was infested with a small black beetle (being dealt with organically with a lime wash), around my almond tree and my roses. I can’t see any damage, nor does there seem to be any sticky residue that may have attracted it in the first place, but I may be wrong about that; it just seems to swarm and crawl around the leaves and trunk frenetically before swarming again. Would appreciate any suggestions.

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    edited May 2022
    Do you mean the thing that looks like a black, slender beetle with a reddish head? It could be one of the soldier beetles. Soldier beetles are helpful in the garden. They eat pests like aphids and they pollenate flowers.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • lcbrittainlcbrittain Posts: 26
    Yes, that’s right. Thank you. I do hope you’re right.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That's what it looks like to me too ... it's certainly doesn't look like any pest that I know. 

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





  • lcbrittainlcbrittain Posts: 26
    Thank you. That’s reassuring.
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