Colorado potato beetle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Colorado potato beetle
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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In turn, the bean plants protect potato buds from the Colorado potato beetle.
From Salon • May 30, 2022
One day you might find yourself screaming obscenities and flapping your arms in the air like a deranged chicken in response to a Colorado potato beetle outbreak.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
Garden pests are often highly specialized and named after their favorite food: cabbageworm, corn earworm, tomato hornworm, Colorado potato beetle, cucumber beetle, pea weevil, pepper maggot, Mexican bean beetle, and so on.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021
The corn rootworm, the Colorado potato beetle and soybean aphids all thrive best on the crops that give them their names.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2016
The Colorado potato beetle showing stages of development and work on a potato plant.
From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard
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