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Japanese Beetles
Popillia japonica
41.001, -75.1647
Field Notes
Habitat:
shrubs, fields, gardens
Notes:
Saw this mating pair. The female seems to have four Winsome Fly (Istocheta aldrichi) eggs stuck to it. This parasitic fly was introduced by the USDA to control these beetle's populations. You can read more about it here:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/pub_phjbeetle04.pdf (see page 10-11)
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