This little beetle might look innocent enough but it’s not. It’s a spotted cucumber beetle. It damages plants and spreads pathogens. I hadn’t seen one before and was pleased to see it until I looked it up 😏
BELINDA GROVER PHOTOGRAPHY
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September 5, 2026 at 6:03 pm
I didn’t know this beetle; the little beast looks really harmless. But it’s a lovely picture.
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September 5, 2026 at 5:25 pm
Another lesson for people like me. I had no idea what they are. It reminded me of picking beetles off our potato plants when I was a child. These little beetles were a lot like ladybugs except they had black stripes on their red shells instead of black dots like the ladybugs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a spotted cucumber beetle, but if I do, now I’ll know what it is.
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September 5, 2026 at 5:04 pm
Yes, I remember being tasked to pull them out of my mother’s tomatoes and cukes when I was a child. If I recall correctly she mail ordered some kind of spiders to control them! Your picture is beautiful though, Belinda. 😊
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September 5, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Yeah, little nasties, those and others of a similar bent are not welcome in my garden. 😡
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September 5, 2026 at 4:17 pm
It looks so innocent doesn’t it? What did you do, remove it from the flower?
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