looks like a soon to be lady bug. Good guy for sure.

Yep. Very friendly.

thanks dirtyguy50 and jean001a. i am going to leave them alone.

SnailPot, do yourself and everyone on the forum a favor and put you location in your profile. Without that, we don't know where you are, which is huge to get good answers. Thanks so much.

Here is a video I made about them.

Here is a link that might be useful: video hope it works

Thank you little_minnie for the nice video explaining the life of the ladybug. Now when I look at our cucumber plants I see all those stages of the ladybug you describe in the video. I have left it to nature to take care of the cucumber plants other than fretilizing and regular watering. Once I realized they are beneficial bugs I decided not to even spray anything on the plants leaves including water.

smile