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Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 669, February 686, March 1,085, April 2,125, May 4,082, June 1,913, July 4,601, August 2,795, September 1,370, October 1,121, November 701, December 625.
United States53,934
Canada17,914
Ontario12,091
New York4,096
Quebec3,954
North Carolina3,197
Illinois3,185
Virginia3,124
Michigan3,096
Ohio3,055

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusPopillia

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Practise Japanese Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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