Colorado potato beetle

The Colorado potato beetle is a striped yellow-and-brown insect that loves munching on potato plants. Originally from the Rocky Mountains, it hitched rides on crops and spread across farms in the U.S. and Europe. Farmers know it well because it can cause serious trouble for potato fields.

• Its body is about 10 mm long.
• Each wing has five dark brown stripes.
• First became a major crop pest starting in 1859.