Colorado
The Colorado Beetle attacks potato crops with veracity. This has often given it the name of "potato bug" or "ten striped potato bug."
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The scientific name for a potato beetle is Leptinotarsa decemlineata. It is also commonly known as the Colorado potato beetle.
G. W. Hurst has written: 'Meteorology and the Colorado potato beetle' -- subject(s): Climatic factors, Migration, Potato-beetle
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Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego is an organic control on Colorado potato beetle [Leptinotarsa decemlineata] larvae. It's a new strain of B.t. It should be chosen over the older Bacillus thuringiensis, which is an effective control of loopers, hornworms, caterpillars and bagworms but not of Colorado potato beetles.
Potatoes can be planted with corn, cabbage, beans, eggplant (a greater attraction to the Colorado potato beetle) and marigolds.
It means to "violently destroy". For example: "Left unchecked, the Colorado Potato Beetle can ravage a potato crop, leaving virtually nothing but skeletonized stems."
Charles Valentine Riley has written: 'Potato pests' -- subject(s): Colorado potato beetle, Potatoes, Diseases and pests
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Leptinotarsa decemlineata.