bug - friend or foe to my strawbs?

jennyb · « **on:** July 08, 2008, 14:34 »

do i need to get rid of them? or can i leave them be? as far as i can see they are doing no harm. the strawberries are about the size of a medium thumb tip, so a couple -3 cm maybe.

(p.s - i love my new camera!!)

DD. · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:00 »

I don't know, but the strawberry frightened me more than the bug! :shock:

gobs · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:03 »

I don't know, what it is but def not strawberry beetle.

jennyb · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2008, 17:12 »

cheapy plants from lidls - probably what the scary factor is!! taste sweeter than anything else i've tasted tho - even sweeter than our PYO.

Bob · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2008, 17:18 »

It might be an immature Green Shieldbug but I could be completely wrong.

Yorkie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2008, 18:10 »

I've no idea but that's a great camera - what is it?

jennyb · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2008, 19:39 »

thank you! it's a panasonic lumix TZ3 - however they've just been discontinued because there's now a TZ5, so if you can find one while they're going cheap like i did, it's worth it!

i'm so pleased with it. i took that and then cropped it and the quality is still great when you zoom in on the image.

there's quite a few of them bob, shield bugs are normally single aren't they?

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