Spotted a couple in my salvia, Hunter Valley NSW
Google AI says destroyer, wouldn’t trust it as far as I could throw it
by plutoforprez
Spotted a couple in my salvia, Hunter Valley NSW
Google AI says destroyer, wouldn’t trust it as far as I could throw it
by plutoforprez
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Mealy bug destroyer
I thought it was a mealybug at first but then I googled it. Turns out I’ve accidentally been killing the destroyers thinking they were the mealybugs 🙁
Mealy bug destroyers are a lady beetle
https://bugsforbugs.com.au/product/cryptolaemus/
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/natural-enemies/mealybug-destroyer/#gsc.tab=0
The photo is a mealy bug destroyer larvae (edited)