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Lilioceris cheni on Dioscorea bulbifera

Our chance to minimize the spread of air potatoes in the USA. The females deposit their eggs on the undersides of the leaves and the larvae eat out the sections. It has eliminated over 90% of the air potatoes in my neighborhood and they were not introduced until 2012.

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Uploaded on August 5, 2015
Taken on July 12, 2015