#potatobeetle

Day 4 is the Colorado Potato Beetle!

The Colorado Potato Beetle can lay 800 eggs in their lifetime, and can skeletonize the leaves of an entire potato crop. They also eat eggplants and peppers. #coloradopotatobeetle #Leptinotarsadecemlineata #potatobug #potatobeetle

#harlequinbug #potatobeetle #tomatohornworm #beanbeetle (at Delaware County, Pennsylvania)

Ok, I've been kind of obsessed with Potato Beetles lately. While I've been keeping ahead of them, these bumbling, stumbling, slow pokes still manage to get under my eggplant row covers, and under my potato leaves. I suspect that they live off of the horsenettles in the fields (along with Flea Beetles) and jump onto my crops. Do potatoes, eggplants, and horsenettles lure them with scent? Color? Vibrations? The slugs, cucumber beetles, and grasshoppers are doing more damage right now, but when these babies hatch the next generation, it could be real bad. #coloradopotatobeetle #potatobeetle (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

Friends and Foes today at Mill Hollow, clockwise: this bush has four Praying Mantis egg sacs (called Oothecae, and every Ootheca is gorgeous), which means there could be nearly 1000 of these babies waiting to hatch from this bush alone to hunt for pests; I'm going Brassica free this year to try to starve out the Harlequin Bugs, so they just sit, fasting in contemplation of Cabbages and Kale that once were; this Whistle Pig will be trapped live and relocated ASAP; Lady Bug larvae are slowly eating up the Aphids being farmed by Ants in the hoop house; finally, my first Potato Beetle larvae sighting of the year - hopefully my last. #ootheca #oothecaisgorgeous #othecae #prayingmantis #harlequinbug #stinkbug #groundhog #whistlepig #ladybuglarvae #potatobeetle #potatobeetlelarvae (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

Colorado Beetle #coloradobeetle #potatobeetle #beetle #potato #potatoplant #insect #insectsofinstagram #incectphotography #insectmacro #macro #macrophotography #macrolovers #instamacro #instanature #nature #naturephotography #moody #moodyedits #moodyphotography #blurybackground #photography #instagood #fade #lightroom #dark #background #dubeedphotography #smartphone_photography #huawei_p20_lite (at Serbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHoSJrHar_/?igshid=1w6jvnoy0yxjd

Colorado Potato Beetle #coloradobeetle #potatobeetle #beetle #potato #potatoplant #insect #insectsofinstagram #incectphotography #insectmacro #macro #macrophotography #macrolovers #instamacro #instanature #nature #naturephotography #moody #moodyedits #moodyphotography #blurybackground #photography #instagood #fade #lightroom #dark #background #dubeedphotography #smartphone_photography #huawei_p20_lite (at Serbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxpvJiWHZjY/?igshid=z8tjpjtxfy70

Makin' new friends this fine Monday. #motivationmonday #beetle #bugs #potatobeetle #whycantwebefriends