Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

What Are These Bugs?

OK Gardeners.... What are these bugs. The first is off my black kale, the second on my climbing French beans. They looks the same but for colour (camouflage?). I have left them because I was only really aware of the ones on my French Beans, and they were close to a massive batch of aphids I was hoping they were eating...

Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on September 28, 2018 at 15:43

They look like shield bugs (though the one I normally see is just green).

Have a look at this site - could your second one be a pied shield bug? And perhaps the first a woundwart bug (fantastic names!)?

http://www.uksafari.com/piedshieldbugs.htm

Quite beautiful really.

Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on September 28, 2018 at 15:46

They do look familiar. And yes, very pretty.

Shame they are a parasite too, I was hoping they were eating the aphids...

Permalink Reply by matt on September 28, 2018 at 16:34

Beautiful. That do they use as a host ('parasite')?

Permalink Reply by Liz on September 28, 2018 at 17:22

Lucky you! They are lovely. They won’t eat your aphids but they won’t do much harm to your beans either. They suck a bit of sap but are not known to damage a crop.

Permalink Reply by Sally on September 29, 2018 at 5:52