Why do you find potato bugs?

Question

Why do you find potato bugs?

Answer 1

why not? they are cute!

Answer 2

Mother nature has created thousands of species of insects from fleas to cockroaches to giant water beetles. And while we humans might not agree, all of them have their place in the natural order of things. Many species of insects spread pollen from plant to plant or flower to flower while other insects, like Ladybugs, are an aggressive and effective predator of the aphid and other juice-sucking parasites. Many species of birds, bats, fish and reptiles rely on insects as their major source of food. And yes, insects also feed on each other to survive. Yet even within this delicate insect hierarchy there are certain bugs, when left unchecked, that can cause serious harm to fields and crops. One of these is the “Leptinotarsa decemlineata”, more commonly known as the “potato bug”, or Colorado potato beetle.

The potato beetle is native to North America, primarily in the western regions around the Rocky Mountains. Its main source of food before settlers introduced cultivated potatoes was the buffalo bur, a wild-growing plant related to the potato family. The potato bug quickly became a voracious and destructive pest of not only potato crops, but also of tomotoes, peppers, eggplants, tobacco and other species belonging to the nightshade family.

Answer 3

Because they need to eat too.

Answer 4

I don't see the harm