[ID] Ladybird larva, bee and whitefly please!

[Jason Green]

Hi everyone!!

Three for ID please!

29/5/09, the garden today

1. Ladybird larva...
...but lacking anything but grey!

29/5/09, the garden today

2. Small bee...
...on a Herb Robert flower

29/5/09, the garden this evening

3. Elongate whitefly...
...bigger than the usual ones. Any ideas?

Thanks for reading!

Take care,

Jason

[JRsbugs]

The bee looks like one I had last year, Osmia leaiana male but you need to be able to see a semi-circular mark on the lower abdomen as there's another similar.

Janet

[Jason Green]

Thanks Janet, I'll see if I can improve on the angle today!

[Jason Green]

I found another markless ladybird larva...

30/5/09, in the garden @ 11:50am

Found on a dandelion leaf...
...about 30ft from the other's location

...any help with ID appreciated!

[Dogghound]

What plants are they on? they are early instar larvae. Which makes life harder. Its most likely a 2 spot but could also be 16 spot although 16 spot is usually found in meadows.

[Jason Green]

Thanks Dan!

The area contains all the usual garden weeds like herb robert, cinquefoil, brambles, dandelions, etc. If there are any that you think should be there given the ladybird species, I'll have a quick look. Thereare 16-sp's about a mile away in a grassland situation.

Thans for replying!

[Dogghound]

Very interesting, the best thing to do is keep an eye on these larvae in about a week try and get another photo and hopefully I should be able to tell which it is. When larvae are early instar there is not a great deal between them. The habitat is potentially good for both species (as well as others which it could be).

[Jason Green]

I have another shot of another in the area - I'll re-post it later.

[Gerel]

Hi Jason,

Your whitefly could be one of the Coniopterygidae.

Steve

[Jason Green]

Thanks for that Gerel, and there was me thinking it was just the one!