CLOSED: Insect ID help please!

Do you know what critter I am?

some kind of cucumber beetle, i think.

Yes, yes, yes! Thank you Tracks :)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/47309

Uh - I'm pretty sure this is NOT a striped cucumber beetle. The body shape is wrong - yours tapers toward the rear. Cucumber beetles have black heads - a little larger, and they don't have two spots on the thorax. The back is also sort of grooved, lengthwise. I don't know what this beetle is, but I'll see what I can find...

OK. I think it is the three-lined potato beetle, Lema trilineata.
Go to http://whatsthatbug.com/beetles2.html, fourth photo down.
They feed on solanaceous plants - brugmansia and datura included...what is your plant?

I get an error message when I click on that link, ceejay.

I think cj is spot on -- here's a different link: http://www.iamtonyang.com/0405/3_lined_potato_beetle.jpg

three-lined potato beetle ... Yes! That's definitely it beyond a doubt. Thanks guys! :)
He was just resting on brugmansia.

i'm glad ceejay jumped in here and found it. mine was just a guess. "baling me out again". one day i'll get one right! LOL

Hey don't feel bad. Only I could totally miss the different head on my own picture. lol! How many eyeballs does it take to id a bug? ... more than my 4 eyes. Reading glasses are worthless if you don't have brains to back your eyeballs up ... hee!

LOL

Oops. Sorry about that link. Wonder why it doesn't work? Thanks, ShelfLife (what an interesting handle!)
Since he eats Brugmansia, he was only resting for a little bit. Probably between courses....LOL
Trackin - You've got plenty right. And I've had a few wrong myself! That's goin' to happen when we stick our necks out. LOL

I've been a lucky girl so far with this critter. I've only seen 3 in my entire brug growing life since 1997. Once in TN and 2 times here in FL. No damage from them (knock on wood). Whew!

i'm always learning something new here. i only have one brug but you better believe i will keep an eye out for this guy. i just learned the other day that some hornworms favor the brugs too. i had my bt out that day anyway for the cannas, so i gave the brug a shot too. i don't usually spray unless i see the pest and id it first, but hey, i was bt happy that day! lol the potato bug, he will call for more drastic measures. i have a pyrethrin-based spray in an aerosole can that i have found to be very effective and because i only have to hit the spray-button one short blast directly at a bug, i don't affect the bees and other good guys around it.

I love my hornworms. But I can certainly understand why many others don't love them.

The Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm) is the most common one I've seen on brugs. I usually reserve one brug to transfer these caterpillars to. I've must have nearly 100 pics of my worm babies. I put a few of my pics in Bug Files including what the eggs look like just in case you happen to see some and want to get rid of them before they hatch. :)

thanks, i will check out the pictures. since i only have the one brug and it's a baby, i can't really afford to have anything chowing down on it at this point! lol

If it's in the Solanaceae family, they will eat it...so that includes (but not imited to) brugs, daturas, nicotiana, tomatoes, potatoes, petunias, sweet peppers, chili peppers, tobacco, eggplant.....