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I came across a ladybird on the allotment recently that I've never seen before. Unfortunately, I had no means of taking a picture, but it was pale beige/yellow in colour and instead of spots it had 5 black bars running across its back. The middle bar was the longest with the rest being progressively shorter. Does anyone have any idea what it was? I downloaded the identification chart from the Ladybird Survey website, but there's nothing remotely like it on there!
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It could be a 14 spot as sometimes the black spots may merge to produce bars/bands -
This is a 14-spot - if that helps. I think it sounds as if it might be that too.Originally posted by TEB View PostComment
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Colorado potato beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I hope it wasn't a Colorado Beetle - a nasty pest and reportable to DEFRA!Comment
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Is this the beetle you have on your allotment vegaholic...if so you need to report it to D.E.F.R.A...A.S.A.P, it can have devastating effects on the potato crops, it can live in the soil where it hibernates all winter.Originally posted by vegaholic View Post
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Thanks folks, but it didn't look like the 14-spot and definitely not the Colorado. I asked the people at the Ladybird Survey and they suggested it might have been a carpet beetle. I checked a some images on the web and it didn't look much like that either, but I did find it very near some old carpet, so I guess that could be the most likely option at the moment!Comment
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Could it possibly have been a longhorn beetle, leptura maculata, there's a pic. here on the 'Garden Safari' website, they've got a variety of photos of other beetles too so you might find it on there.
Gardensafari Longhorn Beetles (with lots of pictures)
or maybe a blister beetle, Mylabris variabilis, which is similar or asparagus beetle, crioceris asparagi, although they all have more slender bodies than a ladybird.Into every life a little rain must fall.Comment
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