I have already seen the first Colorado potato beetle in my garden this year. Needless to say, it did not get to stay long. This yellow and black striped insect is a voracious eater. In addition to ...

Potato growers could soon have a new tool for combating the dreaded Colorado potato beetle, which is ubiquitous across the US and quickly develops resistance to chemical insecticides. The ...

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 ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

Do you know why ants never get sick? They have anty bodies. Ants are annoying if they get into the house or make their anthills in places we’d rather they wouldn’t, but they don’t cause many problems ...

ROGACHEVO, Russia -- Maria Patrikeyeva gingerly picks a black-and-yellow striped beetle off a potato plant, carries the bug to the edge of the field and stomps on it. The Colorado beetle has no ...