I just found a bunch of these next to where I live, but I don’t know the species. Does anyone know?

Otherwise, does anyone know if there is a plant.net for bugs that works well?

  • fubo@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Ladybug larva — and if you see a lot of these, that’s a really good sign. It means that there’s an actively reproducing ladybug population, which in turn means that the area isn’t heavily poisoned with insecticides. Let’s keep it that way!

        • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          2 days ago

          You’ve got it reversed; less insecticide = more ladybugs = less aphids. Ladybugs are their natural predator and can actually be bought from breeders along with stuff like tomato worm wasps as a natural non-chemical pest control.

          I was also taught as a kid to only kill the tomato worms without eggs laid on them:

          You let those ones live because the eggs are gonna hatch and eat it then make more wasps that will eat more tomato worms.

          Source: grew up rural.