Can anyone help me identify this insect? There are many of them chewing and eating Iris tenax seed pods. It is approximately 1/8 inch long. It looks like a ladybug larvae but I have never known any variety of ladybug to do this. Any ideas?
maybe your Cowlitz county extension (assuming the budget still covers that service) may know i think we are seeing some garden behaviours that are different than we are accustomed to in the Pac NW due to the relatively mild winter - then dry spring and now early summer. I know we are seeing a terrific (as in unusual) difference here in SW Coastal BC Canada. the insect is not one i recognize.
