ugly bug pictures

ugly little grub bugs that were eating the leaves of ground cherry plants


their backs were covered in goo that wiped off on my gloves when i touched them


i pulled them off and squished them under a brick. that seemed to end the problem. i have no idea what they are tho. never seen them before.


a gardening community suggested that they're beetle larvae. they suggested potato beetle, but i'm seeing striped cucumber beetles in my garden. googling seems to bring up similar pictures for both. so i'm going with the striped cucumber beetle larvae. and the goo on their backs is their excrement, it makes them less tasty to things that would eat them. *gag*.