THE COLORADO BEETLE.
This potato pest, which is causing some concern to British potato growers owing to its ravages in France and on the Continent, is described as follows: The pest, when first discovered, may be in the beetle stage, or it may be a grub. The beetle somewhat resembles in shape a large ladybird; it is about half an inch or rather less in length, orange coloured, with five longitudinal black stripes on cach of the two wing cases which cover its back. The beetle lays eggs which are quite easily visible to the naked eye, yellow in colour, and laid in groups on the underside of the potato foliage. The eggs hatch out into small red and reddish yellow grubs, which have three pairs of legs at the front end of the body. These grubs feed 011 tho potato leaves, and if present in large numbers, may completely strip off tlio leaves. When full grown they are more than half ail inch in length.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 185, 6 August 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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166THE COLORADO BEETLE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 185, 6 August 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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