aren't ladybug larvae cute?

[likespaphs]

found these crawling along some hibiscus. glad they're eating the aphids, though, i just got an aphid midge to take the aphids out....

 

[lienluu]

found these crawling along some hibiscus. glad they're eating the aphids, though, i just got an aphid midge to take the aphids out....

ACK they are horrifying! I was terrified of lady bugs before, this is the first time i've seen pictures of a larvae, they are 1000000000 times scarier than the adults!

:sob:

 

[likespaphs]

he he he, yeh...

 

[Marco]

It's blue!!!...I wanna pet it!!

 

[Heather]

I think it is sorta cute, but the real question I have is, will they eat thrips?
If so, Brian, you might want to hide them....:ninja:

 

[Rick]

When I was little I thought they were baby gila monsters. I loved em.

 

[Marty]

They're especially not cute if you're an aphid

btw, I think they're nymphs, not larva although I'm not 100% Cute nontheless!

 

[likespaphs]

...btw, I think they're nymphs, not larva although I'm not 100%...

i thought you may have been right, but i checked around and they're typically referred to as larvae, even by the University of Maine Extension...

 

[adiaphane]

Are we talking about the same kind of ladybugs I'm familiar with? The ones that are orange/red, sometimes with spots?

 

[likespaphs]

yup.