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anticd70 · 06-16-2020, 10:37 AM

Does anyone know what type of bug this is and how I can get rid of them? It is eating my tomato and peppers leaves in my garden. Thanks!

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Nagigator · 06-16-2020, 11:26 AM

I've got them too. I just pull them off and crush them. But I am not overrun with them.

Poor Richard · 06-16-2020, 02:30 PM

It's called a clavate tortoise beetle.

We simply pick them off the leaves.

06-16-2020, 10:37 AM	#1
anticd70 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 46 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Unknown Pest Does anyone know what type of bug this is and how I can get rid of them? It is eating my tomato and peppers leaves in my garden. Thanks! See attached photo Attached Images

06-16-2020, 11:26 AM	#2
Nagigator Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central Ma. Posts: 290 Thanks: 269 Thanked 55 Times in 39 Posts	I've got them too. I just pull them off and crush them. But I am not overrun with them.

06-16-2020, 02:30 PM	#3
Poor Richard Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: The humbling river Posts: 304 Thanks: 42 Thanked 80 Times in 57 Posts	It's called a clavate tortoise beetle. We simply pick them off the leaves.

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