The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

I've been lying in the paddling pool for the last half hour cooling down.

I've just noticed that my runner beans have a lot of these little critters on them. They are ladybird size, but totally different markings. Any idea anyone? I've looked in gardening books and tried Google to no avail.
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They look like nasty little buggers whatever they are.

 

[BoldonLad]

I've been lying in the paddling pool for the last half hour cooling down.

I've just noticed that my runner beans have a lot of these little critters on them. They are ladybird size, but totally different markings. Any idea anyone? I've looked in gardening books and tried Google to no avail.
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No idea what they are, but, it would appear, they like beans

 

[Paulus]

After some more research they might one of the 2500 species of leaf beetles.
They will have to be dealt with as they don't have many preditors.

 

[numbnuts]

I went to have a shower and David Carradine was in there ...... Ah Grasshopper, I told him hop it, I gave him a helping hand out the window

 

[12boy]

I think David is Still Dead so if he was in there he'd be pretty ripe. Some Google phones have an option whereby when you take a photo it will tell you what that is. If you have one you might give it a try. That is for the bean eaters, not David.

 

[Dirk]

I've been lying in the paddling pool for the last half hour cooling down.

I've just noticed that my runner beans have a lot of these little critters on them. They are ladybird size, but totally different markings. Any idea anyone? I've looked in gardening books and tried Google to no avail.
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They look a bit like Colorado beetles.

 

[Paulus]

They look a bit like Colorado beetles.

Fortunately they are too small for Colorado beetles. Colorado beetles normally only attack potato crops.

 

[Dirk]

Fortunately they are too small for Colorado beetles. Colorado beetles normally only attack potato crops.

Are you sure you haven't planted potato beans?

 

[classic33]

I've been lying in the paddling pool for the last half hour cooling down.

I've just noticed that my runner beans have a lot of these little critters on them. They are ladybird size, but totally different markings. Any idea anyone? I've looked in gardening books and tried Google to no avail.
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Immature southern green shield bugs?

 

[classic33]

They look a bit like Colorado beetles.

The back is different,

 

[classic33]

Cooling down here,

Taken at 22:40

 

[PaulSB]

Paul's Tip of the Day

How to fall asleep in an armchair?

1. Be old
2. Sit in an armchair

 

[classic33]

Paul's Tip of the Day

How to fall asleep in an armchair?

1. Be old
2. Sit in an armchair

Step two is an important one.
Nearly as important as ensuring you won't have to move when you do fall asleep.

 

[PaulSB]

Great lightning display over Chorley. The sky is almost constantly lit up.........though I do have to hang out of the bedroom for a full view.....

 

[classic33]

Great lightning display over Chorley. The sky is almost constantly lit up.........though I do have to hang out of the bedroom for a full view.....

Can't you take the armchair outside?