Colorado potato beetle

Gardens and farms, especially on potatoes and other plants in the nightshade family.

Adults and larvae chew leaves, mainly those of potato, tomato, eggplant, and related plants.

Adults have distinctive alternating yellow and black stripes; females lay clusters of orange eggs beneath leaves. They overwinter in soil and may produce multiple generations in warm regions.

A serious crop pest that can rapidly defoliate potato plants; it poses no significant danger to people.