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BZgarden Pleasant Valley, NY May 24, 2013

This bug is eating my eggplant leaves... any ideas on what it is and how do I get rid of them?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 27, 2013

BZgarden

This forum is for questions relating to adding data to the BugFiles database.

We have a forum on Garden Pests and Diseases here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/pad/all/
and a forum on Insect and Spider Identification here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bugid/all/
and if you post your question on either of these, you may get some help,

Having said all that, I am in fact able to identify your bug. It is called the Clavate Tortoise Beetle - Plagiometriona clavata in the family Chrysomelidae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/693720/bgimage
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/576/

Kennedy
BugFiles Administrator

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