Colorado beetle

British

noun

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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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 Gregory, Mary Huston

We will venture to say that the Colorado beetle, the apple-worm, moths, bumble-bees, caterpillars, ants and spiders, were never before made so picturesque, never so idealized.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher

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

As she explained, Rachel took the Colorado beetle between her fat thumb and forefinger and soon crushed it.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various

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