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Christina Websell wrote:
No, it's wasn't him - he was tucked up on his duvet indoors on every
occasion it happened! They haven't been touched overnight in the porch.
It was too big for a thrip, maybe 1/2 inch, bright lime green with
spectacular long outcurved antennae.

A very early shield beetle?

Dunno, it was soft bodied.

I got the peas out into the allotment today, they are still quite small but
had roots creeping out of the paper pots and I've netted them.
I maybe started them too early, very cold and wet/ the peas I started on 2
May are already showing as are the leeks I had to replant - they are up.
However, two or three or four leeks out of the 21 I sowed that got totally
drowned and were under water for ages, are showing their little spears.