RE: strange bug-please don't laugh

That would be my first guess also. 
I'll try to find the site I have bookmarked with a variety of bugs on
it. 

Bob

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Glenn Peters
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:59 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: strange bug-please don't laugh

sounds like a Squash bug aka stinkbug to me?
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2141.html

Glenn


At 10:44 AM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, please bear with me.
>I have a new bug in the garden, and don't know what to do with it.
>( I know warrior T will kill anything, but I like my butterflies,bees
and
>hummingbirds)
>It is oval, just a little bigger than a ladybug, but flatter. It has a
>transparent shell on the outside edge, and the only way I can describe
the
>markings, is that it's dark and looks like a turtle shape.It flies, and
is
>chewing good size holes in my leaves.
>Any ideas on what it might be??
>I've been calling it the turtlebug, but that's just because of the
markings,
>buts it's a pretty tough little bug!!
>
>Cyndi
>(getting good at growing toadstools, and mushrooms in Massachusetts,
and
>praying for sun!)
>
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