Aphids attacked one patch of corn and the sunflowers growing nearby. They didn’t seem to really do much damage other than cosmetic. So when I went to check how the corn was ripening, the first thing I noticed were the ugly black spots of the aphids. Then I saw some other much bigger and ugly looking bugs sitting on the growing ears. So back to the house for the camera and bug jar. I didn’t know what it was, but I was afraid it might be something nasty and wanted to get an identification. After paging through a number of references, I finally found a picture that matched. It was only bad if one was an aphid. It was the larval form of the multicolored Asian ladybeetle. Although ugly, it turns out to be one of the good guys.
