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Laurel Finch

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Can anyone id this bug for me? I found a bunch of them on my celery, hiding in the flowers. I'm in San Francisco, CA, USA.

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It looks like they could be Fuller Rose Beetles, but please don't take my word for that. I'm no insect expert by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe someone else may have a better idea.

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Not an insect expert here but, I think this is why our salad should always be washed in a bowl of salt water LOL

Laurel Finch

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Su Ba wrote:It looks like they could be Fuller Rose Beetles, but please don't take my word for that. I'm no insect expert by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe someone else may have a better idea.

I looked that up, and I think you're right! Sure looks the same. Thanks, Su! I didn't want to kill them right away, because I thought they might be a good witch. But now I see they're a bad witch, so they get the death sentence. I've never seen them before. I suspect they may have come in on the dirt in the pot of the celery plant I bought.

Do you think I should pull up the celery?

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The adult females come out of the ground year round but are usually the heaviest from July through October. There are only females; there are no males. The female beetles lay eggs and, like other unwanted garden beetles, the larvae that come from the eggs drop to the ground and feed on the roots of the host plant for 6 to 8 months – after which they pupate and come out of the ground as adults the following year.

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They probably have some compounds that when eaten accidentally kills cancer kills or boast our immune system.
At the very least extra protein

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