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Spotted cucumber beetle A spotted cucumber beetle eating a leaf. Diabrotica undecimpunctata on goldenrod. Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America.
A Colorado beetle larva eating a leaf of a potato plant. Colorado potato beetles pose significant dangers to potatoes, which are a quintessential agricultural crop. In response to the damage they do, some potatoes have been genetically modified to resist attack and damage from the beetles. [50] Specifically, the Russet Burbank Potato.
Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico , while the latter genus is from Central America .
The spined soldier bug is a generalist predator that feeds on a wide range of insects, including many major crop pests—over 90 species across eight insect orders [5]. Some of its common prey include the larvae of the Mexican bean beetle , European corn borer , diamondback moth , corn earworm , and Colorado potato beetle [ 8 ] .
In this case, the pesky bugs, which are actually called weevils, infest the whole kernels and lay eggs in the wheat grains before it's been milled into flour, Quoc Le tells Delish.
It feeds on the foliage of potatoes and other solanaceous crops. It was previously called Epilachna vigintioctopunctata and is a cryptic species complex . [ 3 ] It is very often confused with a closely related species, Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata , which occurs in Russia , China , Japan , and Korea , and is given the same " common name ".
Trombiculidae (/ t r ɒ m b ɪ ˈ k juː l ɪ d iː /), commonly referred to in North America as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. [3] Chiggers are often confused with jiggers – a type of flea.
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