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  2. 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.

  3. War against the potato beetle - Wikipedia

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    The beetle Native ranges of the Colorado beetle and the potato. The Colorado potato beetle, also known as the "ten striped spearman", is a common pest of potato crops. It is most likely native to the area between Colorado and northern Mexico, and was discovered in 1824 by Thomas Say in the Rocky Mountains. Since the mid-nineteenth century, it ...

  4. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    Peppermint. repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White [3] Petunias. repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers, [2] and squash bugs [3] Pitcher plants. traps and ingests insects. Radish. repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles [3] Rosemary.

  5. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ... - AOL

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    With the use of Picaridin, this repellent is safe to use on the whole fam. The bug spray is often found on "Best of" lists just like this one for its reputation of being a tough spray without DEET ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Entomological warfare - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado potato beetle was considered as an EW weapon by nations on both sides of WWII France. France is known to have pursued entomological warfare programs during World War II. Like Germany, the nation suggested that the Colorado potato beetle, aimed at the enemy's food sources, would be an asset during the war.

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