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Colorado potato beetle, an Uncommon card
The Colorado potato beetle is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 60,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Colorado potato beetle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Colorado potato beetle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the ______ of each of its wings.
Answer
length. It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its wings. From the Colorado potato beetle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across the United States and then Europe from ____ onwards.
Answer
1850s. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across the United States and then Europe from 1859 onwards. From the Colorado potato beetle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia 95 · Tornadoes of 2022 92 · Carbon cycle 86 · Colorado potato beetle 80 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its wings.
- Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across the United States and then Europe from 1859 onwards.
- The Colorado potato beetle was first observed in 1811 by Thomas Nuttall and was formally described in 1824 by American entomologist Thomas Say.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Colorado potato beetle article was read about 60,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Colorado potato beetle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Colorado potato beetle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
