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BeetlesThis summer’s curiosity
I assume, after viewing your sight, that this is a Colorado Potato Beetle, but seek confirmation. This guy found his way to my arm and stopped to pose for photographs. I am a beetle lover and slowly becoming an entomological hobbyist (photographs in the wild, I don’t collect.) Fantastic site!
Geoffrey Bosmann
Hi Geoffrey,
You are correct. This is a Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decimlineata. It was originally native to mountain meadows in the Rocky Mountains, but widespread cultivation of potatoes has greatly increased its range as well as its status as a bonafide agricultural pest.
Correction from Eric Eaton: (10/18/2005)
Hey, the Colorado potato beetle is actually a related species, Leptinotarsa juncta (burdock beetle if I recall).
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