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Posted by Heathen1 (My Page) on

Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 15:29

I found these bugs eating my plants at my BF's garden... they had round dark things on their back that got squished on the way to the camera. :o(

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Posted by Cindy_C (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 18:42

I think you might have some three-lined potato beetle larvae (Lema trilineata). The dark stuff on top of them is their poop. I posted a few pictures and some info on my insect blog for you. See if they look like what you have.

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Posted by Heathen1 (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 18:51

Yup! That looks like them buggers! they were on an unhappy tomatillo plant... hmmm... better get them now!
Thank you very much, nice blog!

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