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The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, or the potato bug, is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across America and then Europe from 1859 onwards.
This one was sitting in my garden with no potato field in miles around, so I left it alone...
Montenaken, Belgium
I believe that this is a False Potato Beetle. I was out doing macro photography yesterday and when I came home this beauty was on my front door. It was like it was waiting for me. I moved it to my garden and got some photos before it disappeared. Photographed in Maryland..
VOLENDAM - the event commemorates the risky potato shipments from Volendam’s fishermen, which they carried out of Friesland in the war years (1943-1945) with their ships during the hunger winter amongst other Amsterdam hospitals supplied. The race departs from Volendam and takes traditionally place on the IJsselmeer with a large fleet of traditional sailing ships: skûtsjes, aken, tjalken and clippers.
VOLENDAM - Het evenement houdt de herinnering levend aan de riskante aardappel transporten vanuit Friesland, die Volendammer vissers in de oorlogsjaren (1943-1945) uitvoerden met hun schepen en hierbij werden onder andere tijdens de hongerwinter Amsterdamse ziekenhuizen bevoorraad. De race vertrekt traditiegetrouw vanuit Volendam en speelt zich af op het IJsselmeer met een grote vloot van traditionele zeilschepen zoals: skûtsjes, aken, tjalken en klippers.
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Appearing when the plant matures and starts to form tubers underground. I’m going to remove them so the plants energy goes to growing tubers. If left they will produce small green tomato like berries.
Crazy Tuesday- Complementary Colours
I chose Purple and Yellow for my two colours. This is a Purple Potato Blossom and a member of the Nightshade's Family . Stu planted these last year in the Spring and some of the potatoes were left in the soil over the winter so they came up this year instead of last fall. We call these Volunteers. Nightshade blossoms are pretty distinctive looking. The petals on these flowers also come in white indicating that the potato is a white variety. (Thanks Wes for mentioning Crazy Tuesday)
Some vegetables look pretty. Potatoes lack that visual charm. Instead, these mini Charlotte salad potatoes charm the taste buds. For Macro Mondays "Vegetable". FOV 2.8-inch.
"Potatoes are to food what sensible shoes are to fashion."
- Linda Wells
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“I bought a big bag of potatoes and it's growing eyes like crazy. Other foods rot. Potatoes want to see.”― Bill Callahan, Letters to Emma Bowlcut
Our Daily Challenge: "Tubers/Root Vegetables" theme
Crazy Tuesday: "Textures" theme
HCT
Close up of a Russet Potato peel for Macro Mondays Group. The theme is "It's A-Peeling To Me".
I thought I would try joining a theme based group. Although my macro's are not as good as a lot of peoples I do like macro photography.
Den Kartoffelkäfer (Colorado beetle) kann ich nicht mehr finden, weil die erwachsenen Kartoffelkäfer sich zum Überwintern im Boden eingraben. Sie verlassen ihre Winterquartiere erst im Frühjahr wieder.
Mein kleiner Herbie ist wesentlich beliebter und hat sich extra für mich durch den Kartoffelkeller gewühlt.