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Old June 27, 2017   #2
KarenO
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that bugger is a potato beetle. where there's one there's more. look for clusters of orange eggs on undersides of leaves. pick and squish relentlessly.
the larvae will feed voraciously on any solanacea plant including potato, tomato, eggplant etc although they seem to prefer potato best of all
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