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Old 27-05-2007, 10:37 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default What's eating my corn plants?

"Ron H" wrote in
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My sweet corn is about 6" tall and something is eating the leaves.
It's not an animal, the garden is fenced and there are no tracks in
the freshly groomed soil. What insect should I be looking for?


Ron H. in West Central Wisconsin


What does the damage to the leaves look like? Could it be this guy?

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2...sclbeetle.html

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...eafbeetle.html