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Japanese Beetles

Popillia japonica

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

It is about 15 millimetres (0.6 in) long and 10 millimetres (0.4 in) wide, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head. It is not very destructive in Japan, where it is controlled by natural predators, but in America it is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees and others.

Habitat:

Backyard garden

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Japanese beetle

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Backyard bugs and unknown visitors of the Northeastern United States
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New England Arthropods
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Insects of New England

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PublishedJune 7, 2013

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