potato bug

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potato bug

noun potato bugs

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. […]it appears that by a recent discovery, it has been found that that well-known insect the Potato Bug, yields an oil, which is a sovereign and certain remedy, for all manner of diseases which poor “human flesh is heir to.”
A striped blister beetle or old-fashioned potato bug (Epicauta vittata). We have another potato bug, the “blister beetle,” also called the “old-fashioned potato bug,” which happened to be especially bad this year in the northwest corner of the state.
A Colorado beetle or Colorado potato bug (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). They predicted that the “new” potato bug would soon endanger potato growers in the Eastern United States and Canada

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@misc{potato_bug_2026,
  title = {potato bug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/potato%20bug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}