Orange and black bug - Ask Extension
Hi! I’m hoping you can identify this bug. There are many on our yard debris bin this week. Maybe from the trimmings we put in from our plum tree?
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Orange and black bug #456759
Asked May 25, 2018, 12:12 AM EDT
Hi! I’m hoping you can identify this bug. There are many on our yard debris bin this week. Maybe from the trimmings we put in from our plum tree?
Thanks,
Merri
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Multnomah County Oregon
Expert Response
The insect is the larva (youngster) of a lady beetle. See this info about one of the many lady beetles here in the northwest: "Sevenspotted lady beetle" http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/NE/coccinella_septempunctata.html.
These larvae were probably feeding on the aphids on the tossed plum trimmings. See "Aphids" at http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7404.html.
