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Not sure what this bug is on my cucumber plants?

Does anyone know what this is?

[img]https://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/valuemet/cucbugsep10.jpg[/img]

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Lady Bug larva

ETA: [url=https://biology.clc.uc.edu/graphics/taxonomy/animals/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/ladybugs/JSC%200005%20Ladybug%20larva.JPG]Lady Bug larva[/url]

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So that is a good thing? Will do no harm to my cuc plants, right? I assume they will turn into lady bugs and eat the mites etc. Sorry, I;m new to all this.

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They are a "good thing," Hardland.

In fact, I'd bet the larva eat far more plant pests than the adults.

Steve

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Yep! Totally safe. They are already eating bugs as we type. :()

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They are excellent , on my balcony ants had started farming aphids on a Zucchini plant ,moved the pot and let a couple of these loose ,aphids all gone in a couple of days !
Zuchini much happier!

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I saw these too and shooed them away and went to the library to get books to see what they were (there were scads of them) and of course the books did not have any pictures the plants were looking horrible from aphids, so I tore them out. - I feel like a dufus. :shock: They may have solved my problem. Live and learn I guess. :wink:

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Avonnow wrote:I saw these too and shooed them away and went to the library to get books to see what they were (there were scads of them) and of course the books did not have any pictures the plants were looking horrible from aphids, so I tore them out. - I feel like a dufus. :shock: They may have solved my problem. Live and learn I guess. :wink:
You don't need the library when you have this forum!!! I just noticed my member status and it says "cool member" others say "full member" what does that mean? Anyone...

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Yes I do love this forum and am glad I found it. Hey I want to be a COOL MEMBER, 8) of course there may be various reasons I didn't make that group. Honestly, Not sure what those mean. :?:

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It is based on your posting number.

Avonnow, 20 more to go. :wink:

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Avonnow wrote:I saw these too and shooed them away and went to the library to get books to see what they were (there were scads of them) and of course the books did not have any pictures the plants were looking horrible from aphids, so I tore them out. - I feel like a dufus. :shock: They may have solved my problem. Live and learn I guess. :wink:
I have to say that the cute little Ladybug starts out life as a fairly, horrid-looking larva :shock: . Kind of like little alligators or monsters or something, aren't they?

The Lacewings like to flock around the backdoor light on summer nights. I really had to unlearn my tendency to bat them away going in and out the door!

:roll: Steve

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That, as already ID'ed, is a very good photo of a ladybug larva. :D
Check out [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=335]this sticky on Benefician Insects[/url] in Organic Insect and Disease Control forum. 8) :wink:



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