Beetles set up camp on runner beans

Siobhancantgarden · September 2022

Hi all. Returned from hols, and French Beans are OK - with a little help from my neighbour - but the Runners not showing at all, and are covered in a little black beetle with white dots. (Bit like a small ladybird). Should I try and humanely get rid of the bugs and hold out for more beans, or surrender & pull the whole plant down. 2 runner beans the whole summer and the plant is pretty big...MTIA

Dovefromabove · September 2022

They sound like ladybirds to me. Not all ladybirds are red.

Lots of different ones here https://bna-naturalists.org/id-guide-ladybirds-2/

There are probably some aphids on your beans and the ladybirds are dealing with them for you.

Watch out for ladybird larvae too … they look weird but they eat even more aphids than they’re parents.

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/garden-wildlife-identifier-ladybird-larvae/

Beetles set up camp on runner beans

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