This isn't the best picture, but I found 3 of these guys on my egg gourd vines. I had three vines in this spot, but two are dead, and this guy was eating off a leaf on the third! Can anyone tell me what this is, and how I can get rid of it? When I saw these last year, I thought maybe they were green ladybugs . . . but I also didn't think ladybugs would eat the plant - just the bugs.
Your help is appreciated!
It looks like a Spotted Cucumber beetle:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/43/
Oh, my. It could even get to my tomatoes! Is there anything that will get rid of them, without destroying my tomatoes? I'll have to research this! If there is something I can plant nearby that would drive them away, that would be nice!
Thank you for your help!
