Colorado beetle
Britishnoun
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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 Mary Huston Gregory
She, in return, has given us the Phylloxera, a few visitations of yellow fever, the Blatta gigantea, and, climate allowing, may perhaps throw in the Colorado beetle as a make-weight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.
From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various
The other is the striped Colorado beetle, the eggs of which are laid on the under side of the leaves, and develop into adults in a short time.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory
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 Henry Adams
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