Friday Beetle Blogging: Colorado potato beetle [Myrmecos]

Friday Beetle Blogging: Colorado Potato Beetle [Myrmecos]
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Urbana, Illinois Meet the Colorado Potato Beetle. If I had to make a list of ten insects all people should know, I'd probably put this one on it. Leptinotarsa decemlineata is a walking case study in evolutionary ecology. Anyone with a potato patch will recognize this large, pin-striped beetle as a particularly voracious consumer of potato leaves. And that's true- the …

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