Books and bugs

Inside, I'm reviewing library book titled 'Ginger and Ganesh' by Nani Power - "she takes the reader into a culture, a cuisine, and the female psyche, with recipes and stories from each chapter revealing the struggle of modern women, both American and of Indian descent". Isn't the cover photograph gorgeous? Outside, I'm noticing bug and butterfly visitors on my marshmallow, valerian, and St. John's wort plants. Now if we can only get rid of the mosquito's!

Valerian loved by butterflies, bees, and beetles

I hope I am wrong, but I have been closely supervising and admiring my valerian beauties out in the front herb garden, and have seen not only butterflies, and bees, but also beetles!!! So ripped open my gardening books and not sure if these are potato beetles or cucumber beetles - need to do more research! They better not do a lot of damage....