I've come to find out about the black and orange bugs that are eating stuff in my garden. I *think* they are called harlequin bugs, but when I looked that up on Google Images, the pictures were quite different.
These bugs are about a centimetre long (the larger ones which I think are the boys) and often seem to go around towing a smaller one backwards behind them. The mind boggles as to how or why this is happening.
Anyone able to enlighten me about these critters, what their role is in the Great Tapestry, and how I should regard their unfortunate taste for rosebuds?