False potato beetle or horsenettle beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta
The false potato beetle (sometimes horsenettle beetle), Leptinotarsa juncta, is a beetle found primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern regions of the United States. Recently, it has also been discovered in the northeastern portion of Ohio as well. Adult beetles emerge from the soil in the late spring or early summer and begin breeding, and a population may go through one to three generations in a false potato beetle feeds on solanaceous weeds, such as horsenettle, Solanum carolinense. It also feeds on other solanaceous plants, such as species of ground cherry or husk tomato, Physalis spp., and bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, but no growth and reproduction occurs when feeding on the potato, Solanum tuberosum
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Keywords: beetle, false, horizontal, insect, juncta, leptinotarsa, macro, pest, potato
