07-01 - Colorado Beetle by talmon

07-01 - Colorado Beetle

We have a whole army marching in our garden.
Are they destructive?
July 2nd, 2022  
@mamabec Depends on the plants you have. They love potato, tomato and eggplant plants. They have an interesting story on how they migrated from Mexico into the USA in the second half of the 1800's. They came to Europe in 1877. They were successfully eradicated till 1922, when they were found in France in the Gironde region. They extent their territory with 50 km/year and have covered the whole of Europe in 40 years. Currently they have also been spotted in China.
July 2nd, 2022  
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