Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824)Adventive    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Chrysomelidae   >   Genus Leptinotarsa   

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A Colorado Potato Beetle in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/19/2013). This species can be differentiated from the False Potato Beetle by the irregular elytra dots (diagnostic feature) and lack of brown stripes on the elytra. Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Colorado Potato Beetle at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Matt Tillett. (MBP list)

A Colorado Potato Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/4/2012). Determined by Natalie Hernandez/BugGuide. Photo by Don Watley. (MBP list)

Colorado Potato Beetle in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/4/2019). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Colorado Potato Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/26/2021). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A Colorado Potato Beetle larva in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

A Colorado Potato Beetle larva on Carolina Horsenettle at Andelot Farm, Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Colorado Potato Beetle larvae in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2019). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

A Colorado Potato Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/24/2014). Determined by Marc DiGirolomo, T. Hedlund, Blaine Mathison, and Ken Wolgemuth via BugGuide. Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)


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