Colorado beetle

noun

1. a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae Also calledpotato beetle

Example Sentences

The Democratic party is a party of famine; it is a good friend of an early frost, it believes in the Colorado beetle and the weevil.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the numerous plagues of this kind the locust, phylloxera and Colorado beetle may be cited.

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As she explained, Rachel took the Colorado beetle between her fat thumb and forefinger and soon crushed it.

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No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.

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They also tried it on the larvae of Colorado beetles, a notorious pest of potatoes.

From Economist