eggplant pest

I discovered a pest I had never seen before on my eggplant this morning. It does not fit the description of any pests I have found at wesites. It is a larva-like thing – a short fat worm, greyish in color – that was eating my eggplant leaves. When I picked it off, it rolled itself into a ball. The shell was pretty hard but a lot of juice when I squished it.

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#1 Comment By shelley On 08/04/2015 @ 3:16 am

Is this the bug in question?:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/ammk5l.jpg ^[1]

If so, it is “false potato bug larva”.

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