My first encounter with old-fashioned potato beetles took place very early in my career. This was way before there was such a thing as the internet. A client brought in an elongated, dark gray beetle ...

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super pest” that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New research finds ...

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a 'super pest' that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New research finds ...

Q: I had a problem with the Colorado potato beetle this year. This was my first year at this location where the previous owner built this potato garden. I used Sevin twice, but the beetles still came ...

The first sprayable insecticide made of RNA can target and kill ravenous Colorado potato beetles while sparing most ...

The Colorado potato beetle is a notorious pest--and a kind of unstoppable genius. The modern pesticide era began in the 1860s when Midwest farmers started killing these beetles by spraying them with a ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Colorado potato beetle is notorious for its role in starting the pesticide industry - and for its ability to resist the insecticides developed to stop it. Managing the beetle costs ...

Chances are, if you plant potatoes, they will come. The infamous potato beetle is notorious for attacking our potato plants. Who are they, and is there a way to halt their destruction? That's what ...

Three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila, are native to North America, and they consume leaves from a variety of species, including tomato and potato. But their specific name, daturaphila, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued a warning to gardeners of a specific kind of potato harmful to plants. Air potato vines block light, air and nutrients from other plants.

Q. I have beetles eating my ornamental sweet potato vine. They have a clear shell on their backs. What are they? — Valerie from Newburgh A. Tortoise beetles, or sweet potato beetles, are often called ...

Its lush green leaves with their lacy patterns look almost beautiful as it winds around trees and covers brush like a wall of greenery. But the potato vine isn’t beautiful to state and national park ...