Topic: Red & Black striped beetle

[Biscombe]

Quite a few discovered while weeding, quite small with horizontal stripes, tried googling but not found nothing, any ideas?? won't start the war dance until i know they are baddies!!!!

[froglets]

Dennis the Menace or Basher??

[Biscombe]

Heheheheh!! very funny!

[froglets]

Would have been better if I'd got it right.....

Gnasher, I think.  Senior moment brought on by work related brain death  ;D

[Tee Gee]

Is this it by any chance? This is an Asparagus beetle.

[Biscombe]

No Teegee, my new pet is rounder and just red & black striped! but thanks for posting  ;D
Hehehe Frog know what you mean about work related brain death! getting some sanity back here, skools out for summer!!!!!

[kenkew]

I got a yellow and black one...!
It's the dreaded Colorado beetle.

[SnooziSuzi]

Heh!  Looks like a mint humbug!  (No pun intended! ;))

[SnooziSuzi]

Quite a few discovered while weeding, quite small with horizontal stripes, tried googling but not found nothing, any ideas?? won't start the war dance until i know they are baddies!!!!

Perhaps theres a pic on this page:  http://www.escarabajolandia.com/Ingles/galleries/index1.html

[Biscombe]

Nope, not on there Snoozi, but i did identify SCARABAEOIDEA - CETONIIDAE that were on my broad beans last year, great gallery! Not the Colorado Beetle either Ken thanks for posting the link. Dennis and Gnasher don't seem to be doing much damage so I'll leave them to it!

[Paulines7]

It's not the red and black striped shield bug, is it?  Any chance of a photo Biscombe?

[Biscombe]

Nope! but thanks again, will get off my backside and take some pics!!  ;)