Gardening advice please. What is this monster?

[Smartarse]

Found in my palm fronds today. Do I kill it or adopt it or call the Rspca ?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

A stink bug. They make great pets and are easy to tame.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

A shield beetle. This one I think: http://www.uknature.co.uk/shieldbugs/P.rufipes-info.html

Edit to add: they're pretty harmless as far as I'm aware so leave it alone....... unless it's indoors, in which case move it outside.

 

[Smartarse]

Thank you. never seen one before but I'll leave it be outside then.

 

[Markymark]

I'm not an expert, granted, but I think it's either a frog or a cat.

 

[Markymark]

That must be the first time you've ever stated that

Makes no odds, given my persona and gravitas everyone believes me to be an expert in all fields.

 

[accountantpete]

Found in my palm fronds today.

It's waiting for you to take it to the sunbed shop

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/thinking-of-taking-my-palm-tree-to-the-sunbed-shop.218437/

 

[Levo-Lon]

I'm not an expert, granted, but I think it's either a frog or a cat.

Bloody city dwellers...its a lesser spotted Hungarian pygmy hamster

 

[Crackle]

Is it an ex-boyfriend? Try kissing it.

 

[Sharky]

Could be an alien. Better take it to your leader.

 

[Oxo]

Makes no odds, given my persona and gravitas everyone believes me to be an expert in all fields.

Always suspected that you were really a country boy at heart.

 

[cosmicbike]

A shield beetle. This one I think: http://www.uknature.co.uk/shieldbugs/P.rufipes-info.html

Edit to add: they're pretty harmless as far as I'm aware so leave it alone....... unless it's indoors, in which case move it outside.

And don't let your dog eat it. My Rodley has a taste for them, but they do rather upset his belly, something neither my wife nor I enjoy...

 

[Welsh wheels]

I'm not an expert, granted, but I think it's either a frog or a cat.

Haha don't be an idiot - everyone can see that's a tawny owl

 

[s7ephanie]

Its a hibred . Cross between a lesser spotted duck frog and a ladybird x

 

[Dave7]

As stated.........it is Shield Bug. I think in America they are called stink bugs as they can leave a nasty, very smelly substance on you if you pick it up. I have picked them up with no problems but !!!