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2. Jerusalem cricket - Wikipedia

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   Stenopelmatini. Genera. Ammopelmatus. Stenopelmatus. Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico, while the latter genus is from Central America.

3. Colorado potato beetle - Wikipedia

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   The Colorado potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, or the potato bug. It is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm ( in) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra.

4. Armadillidium vulgare - Wikipedia

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   Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill-bug, potato bug, common pill woodlouse, roly-poly, slater, doodle bug, or carpenter, is a widespread European species of woodlouse. It is the most extensively investigated terrestrial isopod species. [2] It is native to Mediterranean Europe but has accompanied humans throughout their travels and now are ...

5. Pentatomidae - Wikipedia

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   Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species. [1] [2] As hemipterans, the pentatomids have piercing sucking mouthparts, and most are phytophagous ...

6. Armadillidium - Wikipedia

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   Armadillidium ( / ɑːrmədɪˈlɪdiəm /) is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. Armadillidium are also commonly known as pill woodlice, leg pebbles, pill bugs, roly-poly, or potato bugs, and are often confused with pill millipedes such as Glomeris marginata. They are characterised by their ability to roll into ...

7. Beauveria bassiana - Wikipedia

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   Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the group of entomopathogenic fungi. It is used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests, including termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and ...