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Colorado potato beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Spotting Image 1

Habitat:

potato plant in the garden

3 Species ID Suggestions

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Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago
Colorado potato beetle
leptinotarsa decemlineata Colorado potato beetle
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Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata PEER: Insecticides an increasing problem in future for streams in Europe
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Mandy Hollman
Mandy Hollman 11 years ago
Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa sp. Genus Leptinotarsa - BugGuide.Net


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7 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

nice beetle

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Nice spotting :)

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Here is interesting research and find on this American Beetle find in Central Europe...
http://www.peer.eu/news-events/detail/?t...

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

They are in Cassidae sub family of Leaf beetles.

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Have note the plant name and specie..?

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Mostly such striped beetles called Potato beetles.

Mandy Hollman
Mandy Hollman 11 years ago

I think that might be a potato bug.

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antimatterhands
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antimatterhands

Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on Jun 19, 2012
Submitted on Jun 19, 2012

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