Saturday, June 18, 2005

Potato beetle larvae eating

Potato beetle larvae on weed

The plant is a member of the potato family, Solanaceae, probably Physalis. The insect larvae on the leaf at the lower left are potato beetles. I well remember them from childhood, when we grew potatoes.

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1 comment:

  1. Feb 29, 08. A Flickr commenter says that these are false potato beetles, Leptinotarsa juncta. Oh, well.

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