Thursday, July 9, 2009

No, seriously

where did this guy come from? It's a spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, also known as the Southern corn rootworm (larval stage), and it's enjoying the Sharecropper's beans.

6 comments:

knithound brooklyn said...

well, he is quite dapper in those spots...

Matthew said...

True, that's one good-looking beetle. Let's call him "Ringo."

LeahGauthier said...

is he EATING the beans??? we better pick them soon!

Marie said...

I think he might have arrived from my terrace :-)

Matthew said...

But how did he get up there?

LG: I'm no Jainist, that bug is not eating your beans.

LeahGauthier said...

my hero! we should eat them beans soon, maybe tuesday?