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Colorado beetleNorth American black and yellow striped beetle that is a pest on potato crops. Although it was once a serious pest, it can now usually be controlled by using insecticides. It has also colonized many European countries. ClassificationColarado beetles Leptinotarsa decemlineata are in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda.
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I've tried everywhere in the hopes of getting a copy of the Colorado beetle poster that was in every school, post office and police station without success. I work on the frontline of defence against exotic pests such as the Colorado Beetle, which devastates potato crops, the Citrus Longhorn Beetle, which kills trees, and the tree disease The Colorado beetle is particularly destructive to which crop? |
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