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Eastern Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Copyright © 2010 Marcia A. Sessions

Eastern Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
October 14, 2010
Size: ΒΌ"
This is the first time I've seen one in my flower gardens, which go back several years. I've never had a vegetable garden, is this a threat to flowers? It was on a Montauk Daisy.
Is it depositing eggs or eliminating waste? It ran quickly up to this area, as though it saw me, and deposited this. Then it turned around and stayed put.
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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 14 October, 2010 - 12:25pm
Last updated 14 October, 2010 - 3:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 October, 2010 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Thank you for identifying this beetle and moving it to the Guide. I now understand why "howardi" is not appropriate for the insect I sent in. I have updated all three photos, eliminating "howardi".

Any thoughts on what it deposited on the flower petal?
… Marcia A. Sessions, 14 October, 2010 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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