On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:16:46 +0100, Moonraker
wrote:

I have been picking and freezing runner beans this morning. In so doing
I have come across several beetles(?) The are all green, making them
perfect camouflage amongst the beans, oval almost round about 1.2cm in
size. As my crop is good I assume they are benign. However I would like
to know what they are and if they are a possible problem. The only one I
can tell is that they are so well camouflaged that we may end up eating
them, added protein anyway. ;-)

Might they be green shield bug nymphs? These are more rounded than the
adults. Have a look at:

http://www.gardensafari.net/en_picpa...a_prasina.htm#

The bottom two thumbnails show the little uns.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

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