Advertisement
Advertisement
Colorado beetle
noun
- a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae Also calledpotato beetle
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
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
Of the numerous plagues of this kind the locust, phylloxera and Colorado beetle may be cited.
From
As she explained, Rachel took the Colorado beetle between her fat thumb and forefinger and soon crushed it.
From
No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson.
From
They also tried it on the larvae of Colorado beetles, a notorious pest of potatoes.
From
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse