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Need help please! - Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Copyright © 2009 goblrdn

Need help please! - Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Ohio, USA
June 16, 2009
Size: 3/8 to 1/2 inches long
When I first spotted these guy's they were little black specs about the size of ground pepper, and they grew into these fellows. I first spotted them at the end of May, and can find them all day and night long on the plants. I have alot of veggies in the garden but they are only on the potatoe plants and are destroying them. Any idea what they are?
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Contributed by goblrdn on 17 June, 2009 - 12:41pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 4:33pm

Colorado Potato Beetle
They look like the larva of the Colorado Potato Beetle. Hope this helps.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 17 June, 2009 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Naomi. Had no clue
Thank you Naomi. Had no clue what they were and they are really having at it with my potatoe plants.
… goblrdn, 17 June, 2009 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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