"leaf scraping"

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7 July 2024

The 28-spotted Potato Ladybird or the Hadda Beetles (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata) are destroying a bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) plant by breaking off and eating its flowers, and their larvae grubs are scraping the leaves together by the lower epidermis of leaves in a characteristic manner, leaving behind stripes of uneaten areas. The leaves are giving a stifled appearance and are being eaten off, leaving only the veins intact (skeletonization), and the plants may wither. Sometimes these beetle pairs are mating in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 6, 2024.

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22 January 2019

European Union and British flags wave and placard are displayed outside the Parliament, to protest against Brexit, London on January 22, 2019. The Prime Minister outlined Plan B for her Brexit deal to MPs yesterday. It included scrapping the £65 settled status fee for EU citizens and considerations given to amendments to the deal on workers' rights, no no-deal and the Irish Backstop.

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