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No, false potato beetles do not do the same harm as potato beetles do. The insect in question (Leptinotarsa juncta) feeds upon the perceived weeds in the Solanaceae family of nightshades: ground cherry, horse-nettle, husk tomato, and woody nightshade. The potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) contrastingly is known as a serious agricultural pest of eggplants and tomatoes.
Potato beetles probably can not eat lettuce. Potato beetles evolved in the Rocky Mountains of North America. They could only live on a plant similar to a potato. When farmers began growing potatoes, they moved to potato plants. They were able to live on their original hosts as well as potato plants. In fact, potato plants provided a better place for them. So, the fact that they were unable to spread until they could move to potato plants makes it seem like it will be difficult to find somewhere else they can grow.
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These beetles are a serious pest on growing potato crops and are called Colorado Beetles. As their name suggests, they probably originated in the Colorado region.
Insects. Ants, Beetles, Potato Bugs, etc.
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Potatoes.It is also known as the Colorado Potato Beetle.See the Related Link.
They can be. Some types of woodlouse are known as pill bugs or potato bugs but there are also bugs that actually attack potato crops known as potato beetles or potato bugs. See the Related Links for more information on both types of insects.
Aphids, beetles, borers, grubs, leafhoppers, weevils, and worms are some pests that like to feed on potatoes.Specifically, the starchy, tuberous crop in question (Solanaceae family) attracts blister, Colorado and flea beetles to its chewable foliage. It draws peach and potato aphids as well as potato leafhoppers to its hormone- and mineral-rich, watery sap. It gets the attention of European corn borers, potato tuberworms, Southern potato and tobacco wireworms, vegetable weevils, white grubs with its underground parts.
Pests that eat plants are Aphids, Asparagus Beetles, Cabbage worms and cabbage loopers, Colorado potato beetles, Corn borers and corn ear worms, Cucumber beetles, Cutworms, Earwigs, Flea beetles, Leaf miners, Mexican Bean Beetles, Root Maggots, Squash Bugs and, Tomato Horn Worms.
False potato beetles can be eliminated by spraying the leaves with diluted dish soap. Many insecticides will eliminate the pest. They can easily be removed by finding the eggs on the underside of the leaves and removing those leaves before they hatch.
The potato bug is deadly only to potatoes which it eats. It does not look like a potato. It is a chubby bug about the size of a peanut with white stripes going down the length of its body. You will see them when you dig up your potatoes.