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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2010

This guy is uuuggggly.

He was eating this leaf like there is no tomorrow!

Any idea what he is? (or was, he became fish food!)

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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2010

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jul 20, 2010

I think he's cool looking. Waiting to see what it is...

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crissyr Fayetteville, AR(Zone 7b) Jul 20, 2010

He is cool looking, but nasty. He's a Leaf Beetle Grub, Leptinotarsa

http://bugguide.net/node/view/213731

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptinotarsa

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Jul 20, 2010

Other than color, his shape resembles one I had, which I think is a false potato beetle (there was an ID thread on that a few weeks ago and sure enough the striped beetle I found had the special wide stripe)

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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2010

ohhhh if it is this one: http://bugguide.net/node/view/449 Which I think Crissyr is correct, then I'm glad I fed him to the fish in the pond. I thought he was bad news. Nasty and ugly looking.

This guy on this link http://bugguide.net/node/view/213731 has a different head.
I found this guy that looks like him, in the same family: http://bugguide.net/node/view/208031/bgimage

I see those bad guys (Adults) in my garden over the years, I called them "Colorado striped Beetle"
and sometimes I called them Cucumber striped beetle, apparently I got confused over the years from past research !!!

I have the creeps now looking at grub photos ........ yuck!

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