sorry it's a bit blurred, I didn't want to get too close, it was quite big :o
any ideas, please ??? ;D
if it helps, that's a potato leaf it's on :)
Mmm, 'tis a bit blurry, might it be a hoverfly? If so, I believe they eat aphids - I rescued one from a spider web today in that belief!
It looks - colour-wise - a bit like a ladybird larva. Wonder if this is what they look like when the get legs??? ???
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not a hoverfly, too big and I recognise them, definitely not a ladybird, again, too big, this was approx over 1" long, quite bright red and black stripes, anyway, i beat a hasty retreat ;D
(http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt149/macmac-photo/P7170123.jpg)is this the one ?-baby ladybird :)
nope, much bigger and deeper red
Looks more like the harlequin ladybird larvae
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/eggs-larvae-and-caterpillars/16951-harlequin-larva-adult.html
seems they do have legs
just had a look, this was definitely too big, unless it's a mutant ;D
There are some banded longhorn beetles, it might be one of those. I don't think it'll harm your spuds, but the larvae are wood-eaters, so don't invite her home!
(http://www.naturalshropshire.org.uk/Portals/0/Images/Four-banded%20longhorn%20beetle.jpg)
that's the one, thanks so much, unwashed, I can tell my mate to stop being a scaredy cat, thinking it's going to sting and the other thinking it was colorado beetle :o ;D