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
The Colorado potato beetle and disease-spreading aphids have flourished with the changing climate, said Jim Dill, pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
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 rose-breasted grosbeak, while it eats a few green peas, is to be classed among the wholly beneficial birds, for it is the great natural destroyer of the Colorado potato beetle.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston
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