Friday, June 25, 2010

What is this?



We have these small orange worms on our potato leaves. They are eating away and I keep picking them off. We don't use chemicals, so that is out of the question.

I tried looking these up on the Internet but nothing under potato pests comes up in my search. Any idea what these are and can I pick them off and feed them to my chickens?
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3 comments:

  1. Miss Val's CreationsJune 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM

    I have no idea. Have you tried bringing a photo to your local garden center? They will probably be able to identify it.

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  2. KarrieannJune 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM

    it looks like a larve of COLORADO POTATO BEETLE!
    http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef312.asp

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  3. KarrieannJune 25, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    ...forgot to mention, from a bit of research, it appears that chickens do not like them.

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