Like most garden vegetables, though, beans are not foolproof. An infestation of bean leaf beetles, Ceratoma trifucata, can decimate any type of bean crop so early intervention is essential.

Many leaf beetles, such as the Colorado potato beetle, are notorious pests. Their species richness and global distribution highlight their evolutionary success, which is particularly astonishing ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...

Leaf beetles can be found to feed on almost all plant groups. They live in the rhizosphere, the canopy and even underwater. Many leaf beetles, such as the Colorado potato beetle, are notorious pests.

A special beetle has been released into Rangitīkei’s Tutaenui Reservoir to combat a plant causing “a very big problem”.

This shows six of dozens of rolled leaf beetles collected in Costa Rica for the study. High-quality plant DNA was obtained from the gut contents of these beetles, revealing exactly which ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...

Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 9, No. 3, Sep., 1901 The Southern Corn-Leaf Beetle: A New Ins... The Southern Corn-Leaf Beetle: A New Insect Pest of Growing Corn. This is the ...

The monolepta beetle, also known as the red-shouldered leaf beetle, is moving in “plague proportions” down the NSW Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Sydney regions, invading backyards as far ...