Use repellants and protective clothing to avoid tick bites that can spread Lyme disease. Natural strategies work best in combatting pests such as Colorado potato beetles, striped cucumber beetles, ...

Some beetles can shed most of their muscle during the winter and rebuild it by spring without moving, ready for flight, researchers have found. The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) ...

Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the Colorado potato beetle ZACH COHEN Researchers from 34 institutes and universities reported last week (January 31) in Scientific Reports that they sequenced the potato ...

Identification of beetles, weevils and wasps have been recent requests of Extension clientele in Platte County. One of these has been the Colorado potato beetle. Adult and larval potato beetles cause ...

Coloradans have long extolled their home’s relative lack of pests, but the Centennial State depends on native insects to support its various and diverse ecosystems. Lately, though, native ...

TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has urged people to keep an eye out for Colorado beetles, which pose a “savage” threat to the British potato industry. The insects and their larvae feed on the foliage of ...