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The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, or the potato bug, is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across America and then Europe from 1859 onwards. \nTaxonomy:\nThe Colorado potato beetle was first observed in 1811 by Thomas Nuttall and was formally described in 1824 by American entomologist Thomas Say. The beetles were collected in the Rocky Mountains, where they were feeding on the buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum The genus Leptinotarsa is assigned to the chrysomelid beetle tribe Chrysomelini (in subfamily Chrysomelinae) (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Species is known as a Pest Beetle in Potato Fields.
A small striped potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) sits on a green leaf, against a green background. There is space for text.
Colorado beetle eating/damaging a potato leaf/plant
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Colorado Potato Beetle Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
Colorado beetles eat potato leaves on a plantation
Closeup of Colorado potato beetle eating potato plant leaves
Colorado beetle eating/damaging a potato plant
Closeup shot of a Colorado potato beetle on partly eaten potato leaf
Two Colorado beetles on a potato plant
Colorado beetle crawls near yellow eggs on a sheet of potatoes.
Close-up of leaves of a potato plant with striped potato beetle
potatoes that are eaten by the Colorado potato pest in the agricultural field, farming as a type of activity and business, potato varieties to obtain the largest possible crop of food are destroyed by the Colorado potato beetles
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Colorado potato beetle larvae on potato leaves
The Calligrapha Beetle feeds on wood.
Lots of red Colorado potato beetles on a green potato leaf at summer day.
Colorado beetles on a potato plant
Close-up of a Colorado potato beetle on a potato plant. A significant pest.
Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) on potato leaf
Potato field with green plants, growing potatoes as a food product
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
Agricultural pest Colorado potato beetle eats potato leaves.
Colorado beetle eating/damaging a potato leaf/plant
This beautiful beetle was munching away in my garden. Montenaken, Belgium
Colorado potato beetle eating potato plant
Potato bug on foliage of potato plant in its natural environment.
Colorado beetle
The Colorado potato beetle larva eats a potato leaf.
Colorado beetle eating/damaging a potato leaf/plant.
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