Colorado beetle

British  

noun

1. Also called: potato beetle.  a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae

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Example Sentences

The Colorado beetle, by the immense damage it was doing to a necessary food crop, first led to a regular method of fighting insects in this country.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston

He then set to work with Esther's pencils, and drew a portrait of Catherine under the figure of a large Colorado beetle, with wings extended.

From Esther by Adams, Henry

Of the numerous plagues of this kind the locust, phylloxera and Colorado beetle may be cited.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

The Colorado beetle is hourly expected by Cunard steamer.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

Of course we have to fight the potato, or Colorado, beetle during the growing season.

From The Home Acre by Roe, Edward Payson