Insect identification?

SleetAndSnow

Hey, I think this is the right place to ask?

I was just watering my lupins and noticed hundreds of these insect like things on the stalks of the lupins, and am unsure of what they are? They seem to be ranging in size!

Thanks for the help!

Piollaire

Those be aphids

JPup

lady birds and other small critters will eat them. You can squish them with your fingers too. Definitely no need for chemicals.

SleetAndSnow

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117615984#Comment_117615984

Oh! I hope I caught them just in time, currently working on getting rid of most of them.

thank you!

emo72

Aphids love lupins. It was easier to stop growing lupins than to wage chemical warfare on aphids.

fryup

you need ladybirds, they're the best environmentally friendly way to get rid of them

SleetAndSnow

Brilliant thanks! I'll try to get ladybird attracting plants, or else try to buy some

fryup

sad state of affairs that people have to 'buy' ladybirds, i remember a time when they were plentiful in irish gardens

pesticides i suppose😏

SleetAndSnow

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117649245#Comment_117649245

:( , Ive actually not seen any in quite a while in my garden anyway, which is sad

auspicious

Can anyone identify this insect?

Made no attempt to fly though there may be wings.

Piollaire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940367#Comment_118940367

Google Lens says it is a type of rove beetle

auspicious

Thanks.

Found it here.

https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/04/28/irish-rove-beetle-possibly-endangered-species/

http://www.zin.ru/animalia/Coleoptera/eng/stacaekg.htm

I've come across the Devils coach horse twice in my life. Fiesty littles fellas.

I found this cute story

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/how-the-dearg-a-daol-became-ireland-s-most-feared-beetle-1.4037953