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caught (shot) these tonight
Apr 27, 2015 19:42:23   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
found these around the yard....
looked on a couple of site's to identify but could not find either of them...first one was on the side of my house, found the other in a bucket in my garage, and put it on my wife's car to shoot it...


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cropped and turned this one
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Apr 27, 2015 20:41:09   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
First one resembles a Colorado Potato Beetle

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Apr 27, 2015 21:30:57   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 
Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum): http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/pests/plant_pests/veg_fruit/hgic2207.html

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Apr 27, 2015 23:22:17   #
FrodoBaggins Loc: Texas
 
Excellent close up shots!

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Apr 28, 2015 03:33:24   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
thanks for the replies, but now after looking at photo's of both the potato and cucumber beetle it looks to me like its a potato beetle....thanks for the info LRF and Nikonion

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Apr 28, 2015 09:45:11   #
naturepics43 Loc: Hocking Co. Ohio - USA
 
Tom DePuy wrote:
thanks for the replies, but now after looking at photo's of both the potato and cucumber beetle it looks to me like its a potato beetle....thanks for the info LRF and Nikonion


Try Googling "Disonycha"

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Apr 28, 2015 13:39:36   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
naturepics43 wrote:
Try Googling "Disonycha"


Oh. Wow now it looks like three choices....they all look so similar.

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