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These Beetles Don't Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles sang "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The elm leaf beetles and their larvae don't want to hold your hand--unless perhaps you're holding a elm...

Assorted elm leaf beetles and larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Assorted elm leaf beetles and larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eggs of the elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eggs of the elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elm leaf beetle larva or caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elm leaf beetle larva or caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An adult elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An adult elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An elm tree on Buck Avenue, Vacaville, showing defoliation by the elm leaf beetle and its larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An elm tree on Buck Avenue, Vacaville, showing defoliation by the elm leaf beetle and its larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elm leaf beetles on an elm leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elm leaf beetles on an elm leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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