Insect Quiz May, 2005

May Quiz 2005

You are working in your perennial garden when you notice the leaves of some of your plants have brownish spots on them.   You also notice some greenish beetle-like insects with black stripes .   Many of them appear to be feeding.   As you get closer to look, they move away quickly.

1. What are these insects?

2. On what kind of plants do they feed?

3. How injurious are these insects to plants?

4. What is the best management for these insects?