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Black & yellow striped insects attacking tomatillo plants - male - female
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Black & yellow striped insects attacking tomatillo plants - Male Female
Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, USA
September 26, 2014
Size: ~1 cm
These insects are infesting tomatillo plants in a school garden. Would like to identify them so we can use it as a "teaching moment".

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Contributed by NaturalGardenerMaui on 28 September, 2014 - 2:10pm
Last updated 20 January, 2015 - 11:20am

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… john and jane balaban, 3 November, 2014 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Awww...
Tell your little students that these are likely Three-Lined Potato Beetles (Lema daturaphila). And that bugs have to eat too. :)
See here: . You might even have them observe them as they grow.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 28 September, 2014 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Lema yes...
but not sure what's been introduced to HI. Could be any one of several species that look like this.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 September, 2014 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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