Gardening: Beware the Colorado potato beetle

Now that your potatoes are happily growing, and you have hilled the earth up around them, it is time to start scouting for Colorado potato beetles (CPB).
This beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a voracious feeder and prevention is by far the best cure. While potato plants are tough and can tolerate a small amount of leaf damage, yields will be reduced if the beetles are allowed to do too much damage.
The adults are distinctive: reddish-orange head and thorax with yellowish wing covers sportin