Air Potato Leaf Beetles are here to help

I'm sure many of you could easily recognize air potato with its winding vines and heart-shaped leaves climbing high along roadsides, fence rows and natural vegetation, but could you recognize its key predator, the air potato leaf beetle? Believe it or not, a small, red leaf-feeding beetle is here to give the invasive air potato vine a run for its money! The Issue with Air Potato Vine Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) is a plant species that is native to Asia and was first introduced to the Un