Neat information, Bonnie. Thanks. I've never seen one before.

very cool looking! :) Is that one insect or a cluster of them together?
gg

I was out checking on them this morning and they're munching away on those aphids. There are about a dozen of them. It turns out DH saw an adult a few days ago - he was asking me about a bug with a reddish head and dark brown body, and I figured it was a soldier beetle (he said it was the wrong shape). When I showed him a pic of the adult, he claimed it was the bug he saw. It has the ladybug shape, but a dark brown body and a reddish head.

gg - that white fuzzy thing is one bug - underneath, you can really see the resemblence to a regular ladybug larva. The green lumps are clusters of aphids (aka - lunch) :-)

BP

Thanks Bonnie! That's a good one. :O)

I just IDed through the Butterfly Forum a little caterpillar I found on my Cimicifuga. It's an Azure Butterfly/Moth. We've had lots on the property this year and they are quite the little darlings. Nice to see blue flying around!

I will be looking for them

Thanks

Thanks for sharing, they almost look Sesame Street cute. I guess with increased trade between countries, you never know what insects might show up where, all it takes is for them to hitch a ride in a batch of produce.

I bought a Chinese fan palm at home depot and, while carrying it to the car, I had a spider crawling on me. I quickly brushed it off me and stomped on it (sorry spider). It could have been a native Manitoba spider just living at the store, but my first thought was that it was some foreign spider from Florida that hitched a ride on the plant.

Glen