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Saturday's Critters – Can you identify this insect?

In a previous post I presented the larva of this bug.As I said there, this beetle was a nightmare of my childhood, because my mother asked me to get it whenever I found  in the garden. This bug is about 10 mm in length. As you can see it is yellow-orange with many black stripes on the elytra. The head has a triangular black patch and the chest has irregular black markings.This bug is a pest that produces numerous damage both in potato crops and in eggplant or tomato crops.

I have to admit that I do not like this bug at all but I found this beetle in the park on a solanum dulcamara plant and decided to take a picture for Saturday’s Critters Challenge

… in the picture it looks good.

  • Do you remember the name of this bug??

    • False Potato Beetle
    • Colorado potato beetle

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Written by Ileana Calotescu

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  1. We used to have to go get bags of potato bugs in the summer when dad had the farm. we would put them in cloth bags and then release them in the pond. the fish enjoyed the feast!

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