Colorado beetle

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

Discover More

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Democratic party is a party of famine; it is a good friend of an early frost, it believes in the Colorado beetle and the weevil.

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

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

No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.

They also tried it on the larvae of Colorado beetles, a notorious pest of potatoes.