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Beetle Identity and Control

It is actually some type of "true bug" not a beetle. It is likely a leaf/stem/fruit or seed feeder, not a predator. Do you have a lot of milkweed or boxelder around? It looks like a nymph of either a milkweed bug or boxelder bug. If that is the case, they shouldn't bother any of your other plants.
 
Indiana_Jesse said:
It is actually some type of "true bug" not a beetle. It is likely a leaf/stem/fruit or seed feeder, not a predator. Do you have a lot of milkweed or boxelder around? It looks like a nymph of either a milkweed bug or boxelder bug. If that is the case, they shouldn't bother any of your other plants.
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No real milkweed or box elder trees in neighborhood.
MSU Extension office locally is unable to identify, so I have emailed their "Ask the Expert".
May be 48 hours before reply. Looks lots like the Japanese potato beetle except for coloration.
 
After doing a quick search, I believe it is indeed a Boxelder bug. Harmless to your garden plants. Check out this link http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/dg0998.html
 
Indiana Jesse,

You have saved the day!
Thanks for the hard research, I could not find a pic to identify.
Now, I've saved the link you sent and will use it again I'm sure!

Thanks again for the help.
 
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