Mexican bean beetle
bean beetle
Epilachna varivestis

Since the Mexican bean beetle is widely regarded as a notorious agricultural pest in North America, soldier bugs are generally considered useful garden insects.

The bean beetles turned my bean plants to brown gauze.

Mexican bean beetles devastate green beans and lima beans some years, but have little interest in soybeans.

Watching a spined soldier bug devour a Mexican bean beetle can make you beautiful.

(At least the bean beetles will be gone, and the crop will have a better chance to thrive.)

The other morning, I watched a spined soldier bug paralyze a Mexican bean beetle unlucky enough to be caught in my potato patch.

The dried powder of the root are also effective against bean aphids, silkworm and Mexican bean beetle.

The Mexican bean beetle feeds on beans and other legumes.

I have no sympathy for gardeners who whine about how they can't tell a Mexican bean beetle from a lady beetle.

It says absolutely nothing about the Mexican bean beetle.