Potato beetle

Composition of Colorado potato beetles. Photo about people, shot, background, patterned, insect, creature, decemlineata, length, invertebrate, side, composition, full - 22928763

This year, I’ve had a handful of people ask me about managing Colorado potato beetle (CPB) in Iowa. Read more about CPB identification and biology here. These conversations were with producers growing over 5 acres of potatoes and having a difficult time reducing CPB pressure. With the help of Dr. Ian MacRae at the University of Minnesota, I put together an IPM plan for this devastating pest. Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is a major pest of potato that is native to America and Mexico.

False potato beetle

A pest that can quickly get out of control and decimate a potato field, the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) is more common in the Eastern U.S.

Photo about the bug famous for the Irish potato famine. Leptinotarsa decemlineata to give it its Latin name. Image of colorado, animal, potato - 20527492

Leptinotarsa juncta

Colorado Potato Beetle .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 approximately 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra. It can easily be confused with its close cousin and look-alike, the false potato beetle.

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

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