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Japanese beetle

Popillia japonica

Description:

Watching me with anger :) Around sunny afternoon, he was resting on a leaf...After he looks at me trying to capture his photo, he gets angry and gives a still nice pose....Beetle 10- 15mm in size with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head.

Habitat:

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.

Notes:

Adult Japanese beetles cause serious injury to leaves and flowers of many ornamentals, fruits, and vegetables. Japanese beetle consist of a pair of crossed walls with a bag underneath, and are baited with floral scent, pheromone, or both.

1 Species ID Suggestions

ruchats
ruchats 11 years ago
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica Newman


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12 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Gerado and Francis: Thank you :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

I agree great shots :)

FrancisQuintana
FrancisQuintana 11 years ago

Very nice macro!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Arun : Thank you..But people hate this as it harms plants!

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

nice capture !!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@j : sure..yep...by mistake...i removed it...

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@S Frazier : Actually it was in anthropods category in beginning. due to a suggestion i changed it to others...now i correctly got that it belongs to anthropods...thank you very much...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

I'm sorry. I changed this to Arthropods because all insects belong to that group. When you say "Again changed" do you mean you changed it back to "Other"? For general information, the group "other" is for those organisms that do not fit into the specific group categories. For example, "Other" includes but is not limited to: starfish, snails, clams, squid, worms, octopus and ... others. I will change it to "arthropods" again. This is where it belongs.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@S Frazier : Again changed...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice spotting! I think you accidentally added this into my Moths mission, though! Do you mind removing it? Thanks so much!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@ ruchats : Thank you :)

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Sep 20, 2012
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012

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