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Statue of the Colorado potato beetle in Hédervár, Hungary: It marks the discovery of the beetle at the site in 1947 during the rapid spread of the pest in Europe throughout the 20th century. [ 64 ] L. decemlineata is an iconic species and has been used as an image on stamps because of its association with the recent history of both North ...
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle, ... The internal anatomy of a typical female two-lunged spider.
The spotted cucumber beetle is a serious pest of vegetables and is a very common insect on all sorts of flowers. The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, attacks potatoes and other members of the Solanaceae. The Asian long-horned beetle is a serious pest of trees where it has been introduced. [citation needed]. It seems almost ...
Adults of Chrysomelinae are beetles with the following features: antennae inserted on or adjacent to anterior edge of head; inner face of each mandible with large membranous prostheca; each wing with only one anal cell (sometimes the wings are reduced or absent); metendosternite lateral arms without lobes; femora without internal spring sclerite; tibial spurs absent; tarsi without bifid setae ...
An adult beetle can eat about twenty three eggs or three third instar larvae of the Colorado potato beetle each day. [4] After mating, the females lay eggs singly in the soil near potato plants. A glandular secretion causes soil granules to stick to the eggs which serves to camouflage them. Each female can lay up to 1300 eggs over the course of ...
Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824) (Colorado potato beetle) Leptinotarsa defecta Stål, 1859; Leptinotarsa dellacasai Daccordi & Zoia, 2017; Leptinotarsa gilberti Daccordi & Zoia, 2017; Leptinotarsa haldemani Rogers, 1856; Leptinotarsa heydeni; Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar, 1824) (false potato beetle) Leptinotarsa lineolata Stål, 1863
The Colorado potato beetle was evaluated as a tool of entomological warfare during World War II, the idea being to use the beetle and its larvae to damage the crops of enemy nations. [166] Germany tested its Colorado potato beetle weaponisation program south of Frankfurt, releasing 54,000 beetles. [167]
From the world's largest beetle, the Hercules beetle which measures up to 16.7 cm, to the smallest, a featherwing beetle Scydosella musawasensis which may measure as little as 0.325 mm in length, to the colourful Chrysolina cerealis, the familiar Coccinellidae, and the nuisance Colorado potato beetle, there is huge variation in the world of ...