Garden invasion

Simon found thousands of these beetles in our back garden one day after Christmas. They were everywhere - all over the grass, on tree branches, bushes and in the air. Everywhere! I didn't witness this personally, I was too scared to go outside! A 'sample' was taken and we were going to take it to the garden shop and find out what we could do but google saved us a trip. Apparently, these are 'green soldier beetle', they can form 'mating' swarm in large numbers in a short time but tend to move on after mating. And they are harmless.

True to their words, the number f beetles in our gaden decreased in the next couple of days and they are all gone before the new year. We have our garden back!