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candyinpok Mid-Hudson Valley, NY(Zone 5b) Jun 01, 2009

I found these bugs on some potato plants at the school garden. I can't find out what they are.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 01, 2009

Can you enlarge the picture? Just a guess, potato beetles or cucumber beetles...

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 01, 2009

From what I can see, Claypa is right.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/329/

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 01, 2009

Although your image would not enlarge, these look like they could be three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila (aka Lema trilinea) - see http://tinyurl.com/ntmd9k for an image.

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candyinpok Mid-Hudson Valley, NY(Zone 5b) Jun 01, 2009

Claypa, I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with the pictures. I've loaded pictures before that could be enlarged, but this one won't.

Suunto, that picture sure looks like the bug. I'm glad I squashed them after taking the picture. They didn't take long finding these potato plants.

Thanks for the responses.

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candyinpok Mid-Hudson Valley, NY(Zone 5b) Jan 05, 2010

Identified, thank you!

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