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anyone able to identify this bug? Tortoise beetle

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Like a 5 pointed star with antennae. Really hard shell. It's eating my potato leaves and has a healthy appetite but doesn't show up on any potato pest resource.

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Re: anyone able to identify this bug?

Actually the dark colored part of the shell kind of looks like a bear rug. Bear rug bug.
 

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Re: anyone able to identify this bug?

Spinosad should kill them. Unless of course you want to wait for a hare beetle to show up, then you can watch them race.
 

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Re: anyone able to identify this bug?

Thanks dude, I don't have that on hand so just walked the rows picking them off. Everything I read said they aren't too terribly bad ultimately. If they can't be picked I'll check that spinosad out.
 
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