Just found this site which sells them as biological control and guess where they are - in Kent so maybe thats where they are coming from. Thanks for all your help people
I have these in my front garden and have spent quite a bit of time searching for them online. I am waiting for confirmation, but I believe they are a type of native ladybird family called Scymnus. I think there are about 8 species in the uk. Also they are good, they eat aphids! I watched one chomping its way through some. Here is a link of the different Inconspicuous ladybirds http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/inconspicuous-ladybirds
I didn't think it was the Mealybug ladybird, because I have them in large numbers in the front garden and it suggest they can't survive without heat.
Thanks to all of you who have solved our mystery for us. We have been fascinated all week, isn't nature amazing? My birds are back in the garden again. We lifted up the bird feeders and have put in a slightly bigger pond and the blackbirds are bathing in it along with the breeding great tits and sparrows. Only down side is I spend so much time watching them the housework is forgotten. Thanks again Sue
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Just found this site which sells them as biological control and guess where they are - in Kent so maybe thats where they are coming from. Thanks for all your help people
https://ladybirdplantcare.co.uk/cryptolaemus.html
I have these in my front garden and have spent quite a bit of time searching for them online. I am waiting for confirmation, but I believe they are a type of native ladybird family called Scymnus. I think there are about 8 species in the uk. Also they are good, they eat aphids! I watched one chomping its way through some.
Here is a link of the different Inconspicuous ladybirds http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/inconspicuous-ladybirds
I didn't think it was the Mealybug ladybird, because I have them in large numbers in the front garden and it suggest they can't survive without heat.
Thanks to all of you who have solved our mystery for us. We have been fascinated all week, isn't nature amazing? My birds are back in the garden again. We lifted up the bird feeders and have put in a slightly bigger pond and the blackbirds are bathing in it along with the breeding great tits and sparrows. Only down side is I spend so much time watching them the housework is forgotten. Thanks again Sue