Yes. I believe that is a lady bug and they are predators to aphids.
If I’m correct that’s makes them your best friend!
nezzzzy
The very best friend you could hope for.
vanburen_dolphin
Yes, it’s a friend, and also because it has two dots – you’ll be lucky!
Zyriakster
Looks like a Asian Lady Beetle ( A bit hard to say from this photo ). If so, it eats aphids just like the ladybug, but it can also eat pollen etc from the plants, if there are no pests around.
nezzzzy
BTW, please Google now what a ladybird (or ladybug if you’re in the US) larvae looks like. They’re slightly creepy looking creatures but eat even more aphids as larvae than they do fully grown. Worth knowing what they look like so you don’t freak out and kill them (I made this mistake last year 🤦).
RibertarianVoter
Let me know if he needs a place to stay — I’ve got plenty of his friends in my garden as we speak. Super chill dudes
stifisnafu
You and the ladybug…
farmerKev420710
You have never seen a lady bug?
One_Loquat_3737
The reference to ‘lady’ in the insect’s name in many European languages is to Mary, mother of Jesus in Christian tradition. r/etymologymaps/comments/6itfdz/the_word_ladybug_in_various_european_languages_oc/
mrfuckingwhiting
Best friend
babyliss1903
It is friend like Gandalf coming at first light on the fifth day.
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Yes. I believe that is a lady bug and they are predators to aphids.
If I’m correct that’s makes them your best friend!
The very best friend you could hope for.
Yes, it’s a friend, and also because it has two dots – you’ll be lucky!
Looks like a Asian Lady Beetle ( A bit hard to say from this photo ). If so, it eats aphids just like the ladybug, but it can also eat pollen etc from the plants, if there are no pests around.
BTW, please Google now what a ladybird (or ladybug if you’re in the US) larvae looks like. They’re slightly creepy looking creatures but eat even more aphids as larvae than they do fully grown. Worth knowing what they look like so you don’t freak out and kill them (I made this mistake last year 🤦).
Let me know if he needs a place to stay — I’ve got plenty of his friends in my garden as we speak. Super chill dudes
You and the ladybug…
You have never seen a lady bug?
The reference to ‘lady’ in the insect’s name in many European languages is to Mary, mother of Jesus in Christian tradition. r/etymologymaps/comments/6itfdz/the_word_ladybug_in_various_european_languages_oc/
Best friend
It is friend like Gandalf coming at first light on the fifth day.
Good God, yes!
[saw this comic a bit below your post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/LgJxnpqzVh)
I found one of these in my hoop house the other day and almost wept happy tears. So yes, you want them. 😂