striped cucumber beetle Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) this one was taken last year - before i found out what evil creatures they were.
striped cucumber beetle Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) eating my gooseberry bushes. Their larvae are ghastly, slimy, sludgy little beasties. hopefully i won't be able to take photos of them! ;p)