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Japanese beetle

Popillia japonica

Photo by KevinS.
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Beetle-like insect with small white protrusions on its posterior surface where its dorsal and ventral surface meet. It would raise its back legs up (the pair) when I approached closely with a camera.

Habitat:

They were eating the leaves on an American hazelnut shrub.

Reference Links:

Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) - Information on Japanese Beetle, Japanese beetle

Species ID Suggestions

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

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Comments (3)
KathleenMcEachern
Hi Kevin! Nice spotting. I removed it from the Signs of Wildlife mission as that mission is not for organisms themselves but just for evidence that they were around. Thanks!

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Eastern North America Trees
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 23, 2014

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