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Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

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:

Shore of a man-made lake. Pyamtuning Lake, Andover OH, Ashtabula County, USA.

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Phil_S
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Phil_S

Ohio, USA

Spotted on Jul 13, 2013
Submitted on Aug 17, 2013

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