What the d-'s this yellow colour-changing bug?

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  1. Drahcir

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    I have never seen one before. On a broad bean leaf, sinking its beastly proboscis (I assume) in and sucking the lifeblood of my poor bean, insultingly wiggling its backside at me. Only one to be seen, from a cursory glance. I wondered if it might be an import from NZ, but unsure.

    I'll get another picture when I can; it's now (6 hours later) completely changed, and is a sort of orange and black colour, like the tail end of a big fat ladybird larva, but AFAIK those are not sap suckers.

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    In its new colours:


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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Looks like a ladybird
       
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      That's what I thought, when I looked at the later images, but I have not seen a pupa before, only lots of larvae scurrying about all over the place (mostly harlequins, I am sorry to say).

      I did not know they drink sap at this stage, which this item seems to be doing.
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        I thought maybe it was just attaching itself to the leaf.
         
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          If just one or two then whatever they are your bean plant won't be bothered and I would just keep an eye on them for the moment.
          Never come across a sap sucking ladybird, but they do hang onto the leaves tightly and also suck the life out of aphids.
          For more on ladybirds see UK Ladybird Survey | UK Beetle Recording
           
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          I am keeping it to see what it turns into.
           
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