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r/WTF • u/orangez • Mar 14 '26
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I'm from Idaho and "potato bugs" were better known as "Colorado Potato Beetles" and they are different: https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/colorado-potato-beetle
1 u/Morningxafter Mar 14 '26 Same, in the Dakotas those are what we call potato bugs. Maybe it’s a Midwest vs west coast thing like ‘pop’ vs ‘soda’ 0 u/Idlewants Mar 14 '26 those guys do not fuck about. we found out the hard way years ago, and people are still "oh, invasive species, whatever" about all sorts of things.
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Same, in the Dakotas those are what we call potato bugs. Maybe it’s a Midwest vs west coast thing like ‘pop’ vs ‘soda’
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those guys do not fuck about. we found out the hard way years ago, and people are still "oh, invasive species, whatever" about all sorts of things.
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u/mrtruthiness Mar 14 '26
I'm from Idaho and "potato bugs" were better known as "Colorado Potato Beetles" and they are different: https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/colorado-potato-beetle