Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Order - COLEOPTERA
In Ohio, it is the most common and devastating insect pest of potato. It can also defoliate a tomato plant in 3-4 days. Both the larva and the adult feed on leaves.
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Life cycle of colorado potato beetle
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Eggs are yellow or orange. They are oval and deposited on their ends in rows. Each egg is 1.8 mm long. Eggs are laid on the underside of leaves.
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Larva is red at first with a black head and black legs. As it matures, it turns yellowish-red or orange and develops 2 rows of black spots along each side of the body, about 10 mm
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Adult is oval, convex yellowish-brown beetle about 9 to 14 mm long. It has five longitudinal black stripes on each wing cover and a variable number of black spots on the pronotum (area just behind the head).
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