I never noticed this insect before in our garden, maybe because it is small and hidden under plants and trees. I noticed about two or three of them on Chamomile plant when it had started flowering in 2018, I didn’t know what insect it was.

In spring 2019, I found them everywhere in our garden. They were mostly on the Roses, Chamomile and Dahlia’s. They were rapidly increasing , I also saw many of them had attached themselves on to various plants, pots and doors. So, I became curious and began to investigate and learnt that these insects were the larvae of Harlequin Ladybird and they are very beneficial insects for gardens.

I was very pleased to see them and started spending more time in garden to take their pictures and make videos of them. There are two videos I would like to share with you all. One video I made of larvae eating Aphids on top of our garden waste bin and one video, is when one of the larvae had just hatched.