potato bug
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A Jerusalem cricket, any of various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus.
- A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea.
- Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants.
- Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants: A striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata).
- Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants: A Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
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