Hibiscus: Ladybug on steroids?, 1 by TessC

TessC wrote:
Okay, it's obviously not a ladybug, but what is it? I poked around online and in BugFiles, but nothing I saw fits the bill. the closest thing I found was this: http://davesgarden.com/bf/showimage/320/ , but I don't think that's it. I found 4 of them, and they all had that distinctive triangle on their backs.

So...good bug or bad bug? I've suddenly had lots of eating on my hibiscus and brugs, and I'm not sure if he's doing the chomping, or chomping the chompers, if you know what I mean...

I'd say these are at least 2-3x the size of ladybugs.