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Clavate Tortoise Beetle

Plagiometriona clavata

Photo by lynne.warren
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

found eating potato plants

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Leaf beetle

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Comments (2)
lynne.warren
I think they're interesting - remind me of little space men! You can pick them off and drop them in a container of soapy water but potato plants can lose 30% of their foliage before production is affected.
HilMed
This looks just like the one I found a few days ago!
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PublishedJune 16, 2011

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