Found 4 of these on a zucchini. The basic shape is very similar to a picture I saw on here of a lady bug pupa. I saw this one kind of... rear up.. on its tail, which is firmly attached to the surface of the zucchini. Is it a potato bug or something in that family?
If it matures and hatches I'll take another picture of the adult beetle.
This appears to be a larva of a squash beetle, Epilachna borealis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - see http://www.flickr.com/photos/shyzaboy/3759085590/ for an image. Like its close relative the Mexican bean beetle, this is one of the 'rogues' of the lady beetle family.
