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Bright starBright star Posts: 1,130
edited April 2022 in Wildlife gardening
Could someone please identify this bug for a friend. I think it’s a ladybird,  not sure wether it’s fully adult yet or native to this country. Possible Harlequin pupae………thanks


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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,990
    Maybe a Carpet Beetle


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,481
    It's a carpet beetle. You get plain black ones too.. Did she find it on a n inside windowsill? They try to fly out the window after they hatch. They want to get at the pollen.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bright starBright star Posts: 1,130
    She did, @B3. I’ll pass on the info. Thanks to you both. 
    Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

  • B3B3 Posts: 24,481
    You need to deal with them. The grubs eat clothes, paper as well as carpet😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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