We have many large burning bush plants. I noticed that most of the
the new leaves are deformed. On closer inspection I saw some insects
on the leaves. One is black and orange and about 1/2" long. See
photo he

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/eba...korangebug.jpg

The other is mostly orange and looks like a beetle and is the same
size as a lady bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/ebay/beetlebug.jpg

Sorry the photos aren't sharper.

In addition to the bugs there are lots of little white spots on the
leaves. They look like aphids but they could also be eggs.

In addition to the bushes they also have destroyed my Berber Daisy
plants.

Can someone tell me what these bugs are and what we should do to get
rid of them?

thank you

YvonneD said:


We have many large burning bush plants. I noticed that most of the
the new leaves are deformed. On closer inspection I saw some insects
on the leaves. One is black and orange and about 1/2" long. See
photo he

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/eba...korangebug.jpg

The other is mostly orange and looks like a beetle and is the same
size as a lady bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/ebay/beetlebug.jpg

They look like a lady bug larva and pupa. The distorted foliage was
probably caused by colonies of aphids, which is what attracted the
lady bugs to your bush.

There have been a lot of them around my yard this spring.

In addition to the bugs there are lots of little white spots on the
leaves. They look like aphids but they could also be eggs.

Could they be the husks of aphids done in by the lady bug larvae?


--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"So, it was all a dream."
"No dear, this is the dream, you're still in the cell."

email valid but not regularly monitored

YvonneD wrote in

om:

We have many large burning bush plants. I noticed that most of
the the new leaves are deformed. On closer inspection I saw
some insects on the leaves. One is black and orange and about
1/2" long. See photo he

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/eba...korangebug.jpg

The other is mostly orange and looks like a beetle and is the
same size as a lady bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/ebay/beetlebug.jpg

Sorry the photos aren't sharper.

lady bug larvae. they're the good guys!

In addition to the bugs there are lots of little white spots on
the leaves. They look like aphids but they could also be eggs.

probably dead aphid shells left by the ladybug larvae.

In addition to the bushes they also have destroyed my Berber
Daisy plants.

no, ladybugs don't destroy plants. they eat the aphids which suck
the sap out of your plants, causing deformation &, if you have a
large infestation, death.

Can someone tell me what these bugs are and what we should do to
get rid of them?

you don't want to get rid of them. they're taking care of your
underlying aphid peoblem.
BTW, burning bush is an invasive non-native shrub. if it was my
yard i'd get rid of it (well, i've gotten rid of the two that were
here when i moved in. i'm still mowing down & pulling out the
stupid seedlings. hundreds of them). native plants are easier to
maintain anyway, plus they bring native bugs & songbirds to your
garden. isn't that the purpose of a garden, to feed & shelter?
lee

On Jun 7, 7:51*am, enigma wrote:
YvonneD wrote
om:

We have many large burning bush plants. *I noticed that most of
the the new leaves are deformed. *On closer inspection I saw
some insects on the leaves. *One is black and orange and about
1/2" long. *See photo he

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/eba...korangebug.jpg

The other is mostly orange and looks like a beetle and is the
same size as a lady bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/ebay/beetlebug.jpg

Sorry the photos aren't sharper.

*lady bug larvae. they're the good guys!

In addition to the bugs there are lots of little white spots on
the leaves. *They look like aphids but they could also be eggs.

*probably dead aphid shells left by the ladybug larvae.

In addition to the bushes they also have destroyed my Berber
Daisy plants.

no, ladybugs don't destroy plants. they eat the aphids which suck
the sap out of your plants, causing deformation &, if you have a
large infestation, death.

Can someone tell me what these bugs are and what we should do to
get rid of them?

*you don't want to get rid of them. they're taking care of your
underlying aphid peoblem.
*BTW, burning bush is an invasive non-native shrub. if it was my
yard i'd get rid of it (well, i've gotten rid of the two that were
here when i moved in. i'm still mowing down & pulling out the
stupid seedlings. hundreds of them). native plants are easier to
maintain anyway, plus they bring native bugs & songbirds to your
garden. isn't that the purpose of a garden, to feed & shelter?
lee

Thanks. I live in a condo complex which has about 50 burning bushes.
So I don't think they're going anywhere. Actually they've been here
for at least 15 years and have always looked very healthy. In any
case, I'll tell someone about the aphids.

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:26:41 -0700 (PDT), YvonneD
wrote:

We have many large burning bush plants. I noticed that most of the
the new leaves are deformed. On closer inspection I saw some insects
on the leaves. One is black and orange and about 1/2" long. See
photo he

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/eba...korangebug.jpg

The other is mostly orange and looks like a beetle and is the same
size as a lady bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~jbcamel/ebay/beetlebug.jpg

Sorry the photos aren't sharper.

In addition to the bugs there are lots of little white spots on the
leaves. They look like aphids but they could also be eggs.

In addition to the bushes they also have destroyed my Berber Daisy
plants.

Can someone tell me what these bugs are and what we should do to get
rid of them?

thank you

Agree with the Lady bug ID, you can see for yourself he

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/beetles/lady-bug/

You may be able to find some answers to your other bug ID
questions at that site too. Lots and lots of different bug
images there to wade through...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
Remove no.spam for email