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To: DUMBGRUNT
Anyone who has ever grown tomatoes or potatoes has seen plenty of "blister bugs." They look like lightning bugs except larger and of an off-color, and there's nothing new or scary about them--unless this is some sort of newly-discovered species.

I've been blistered by them. They create huge water blisters, but the blisters are (or were in my case) painless and do no permanent harm. I wouldn't go out of my way to catch one, but they're hardly anything to be terrified of.

I was shocked when I read they can kill a horse, but apparently this is only by ingestion. I had the impression if a horse touched one it was dead.

13 posted on 08/12/2021 7:25:36 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Nuke Davos. And Brussels.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

—” but apparently this is only by ingestion”

I would not want to jump the gun on this one.

Probably best to wait for an “official government scientist”?

An edict from the CDC would be best.

But the tomato in my garden should be safe?
Tomato leaves might even slow the beetles down?


18 posted on 08/12/2021 7:35:34 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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