This morning I noticed over 50 little black beetles huddled together on a leaf on my Ipomoea. They looked like tiny ladybirds. They were only a couple of mm long with shiny black 'shells' with numerous yellow/pink spots. They were simply too tiny/too high up to get a decent photo, any idea what they might be?
G x
I've managed to get a picture today. Sorry, it's not very good. G x
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Beetles.jpg)
Hi
I think there flea beetles because of the size and leg position.
Google it and you should find a match.
c7
Could they be one of our littler ladybird species? It's hard for me to guess at their size but there are dark ladybirds with pale spots.
Have a look here...
http://www.harlequin-survey.org/recognition_and_distinction.htm
(click on download the ladybird identification sheet)
Hmmm, C7, I can't find a match to flea beetle using Google - none seem to have spots.
Thanks Triffid but none of those pictures match either. As I said, these are tiny, only about 2mm long, with numerous distinctive yellow spots.
G x
14 spot ladybird, by the looks of it?
http://www.harlequin-survey.org/downloads/Ladybird%20descriptions_Info%20pack_NEW_v.5.pdf
Could well be, Jenny, but I still can't find a picture to match. As I've said, these are black with yellow spots and so tiny.
G x
I think they are the same as we had - not ladybirds: please see this thread.
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/smf/index.php/topic,24801.0.html (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/smf/index.php/topic,24801.0.html)
Spot on, Barnowl, thank you so much. :D
G x