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Good bug or bad bug on potato
All I know is it’s really strange looking, and it is NOT a striped Colorado potato beetle. That’s all I found online when I tried to search - apparently there is only one type of bug that likes to go onto potato plants, or so it seems.
Nicola- Posts : 220
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Central CT Zone 6a
Nicola- Posts : 220
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Central CT Zone 6a
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
Was anything sprayed on those larva, or is that just the way you found them?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
Looks like an instar form or some early baby bug….I have never seen these. We need Beetles! I will look around—what time of day? Are they doing damage?
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8682
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
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Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
No, I haven’t sprayed anything on my potatoes. That’s just how it looked. And I only saw the one, ‘cause we were about to leave to go shopping. (With the heat wave, I wasn’t about to stay outside long enough to see if there were others.)OhioGardener wrote:Was anything sprayed on those larva, or is that just the way you found them?
Nicola- Posts : 220
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Central CT Zone 6a
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
Yes, I was thinking how ladybugs look alligator-like before the familiar beetle form. It was just before I posted (so maybe 7ish pm.) No, I haven’t noticed any damage - just the unrelated “My big storage bin/planter needs a lot more soil, Mel’s Mix, grass clippings, whatever - to grow a lot of potatoes- than I realized!Scorpio Rising wrote:Looks like an instar form or some early baby bug….I have never seen these. We need Beetles! I will look around—what time of day? Are they doing damage?
Btw, have I missed something about loss of beetle populations?
Nicola- Posts : 220
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Central CT Zone 6a
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
If no damage, I’d watchfully wait and see.
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8682
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
Lol, no, she is a member, good bug identifier!Nicola wrote:Yes, I was thinking how ladybugs look alligator-like before the familiar beetle form. It was just before I posted (so maybe 7ish pm.) No, I haven’t noticed any damage - just the unrelated “My big storage bin/planter needs a lot more soil, Mel’s Mix, grass clippings, whatever - to grow a lot of potatoes- than I realized!Scorpio Rising wrote:Looks like an instar form or some early baby bug….I have never seen these. We need Beetles! I will look around—what time of day? Are they doing damage?
Btw, have I missed something about loss of beetle populations?
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8682
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Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
Tortoise beetle. Plagiometriona clavata i dont know how severe they are.
Cherbear- Posts : 81
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Age : 55
Location : Eskasoni, Nova Scotia, Canada
Re: Good bug or bad bug on potato
So not a good bug...but u don't think they are a significant enough pest to worry about Apparently they do live on tomatoes and their relatives.
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