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18-06-2011, 06:59 PM
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| | | Re: Orange and black insect ID please
Thanks I may have miscounted the legs. I have two spotted ladybirds here should I do anything fatal to reduce the Harlequins? I don't kill things but if they are destroying our native species? Liz |
18-06-2011, 08:38 PM
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| | | Re: Orange and black insect ID please
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Originally Posted by liz tomkins  Thanks I may have miscounted the legs. I have two spotted ladybirds here should I do anything fatal to reduce the Harlequins? I don't kill things but if they are destroying our native species? Liz | Too late to do anything about them now, they are well established. Having said that, lots of 7 spots about this year it seems. |
19-06-2011, 04:21 AM
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| | | Re: Orange and black insect ID please
Agree with Matt, there's little point killing them as what you'd do would make no overall impact. Recently I've seen more 7-spot + Harlequin larvae than I've had before in my garden + did find a 14-spot larva as well this week. |
02-08-2011, 02:20 PM
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| | | Re: Orange and black insect ID please
doing our daily fly swatting in the conservatory cause of the number of flys that get in and noticed a thin, 6 legged insect that has a long thin tail section attached which is half orange and the black at the tip. any idea's what this could be? thanks |
02-08-2011, 02:23 PM
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| | | Re: Orange and black insect ID please
Sounds like an ichneumon fly - the attachment is for laying eggs in things.
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