A metallic green and copper chafer that is a pest of fruit and foliage as an adult and of grass roots as a larva. It is native to Japan but has spread elsewhere, notably eastern North America.
日本弧丽蛂
Popillia japonica, family Scarabaeidae
Example sentencesExamples
The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.
Adult Japanese beetles are voracious feeders, especially on sunny days, and seemingly indiscriminate.
State and federal government agencies blanketed neighborhoods with poisons in an attempt to eradicate pests like gypsy moths and Japanese beetles.
Adult Japanese beetles have a metallic green head and thorax with coppery brown wing covers and five tufts of white hair on each side of the abdomen.
Free-range chickens, turkeys and guineas will feed on ticks and other pests, such as grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and mosquitoes.
Definition of Japanese beetle in US English:
Japanese beetle
noun
A metallic green and copper chafer that is a pest of fruit and foliage as an adult and of grass roots as a larva. It is native to Japan but has spread elsewhere, notably eastern North America.
日本弧丽蛂
Popillia japonica, family Scarabaeidae
Example sentencesExamples
The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.
Free-range chickens, turkeys and guineas will feed on ticks and other pests, such as grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and mosquitoes.
State and federal government agencies blanketed neighborhoods with poisons in an attempt to eradicate pests like gypsy moths and Japanese beetles.
Adult Japanese beetles are voracious feeders, especially on sunny days, and seemingly indiscriminate.
Adult Japanese beetles have a metallic green head and thorax with coppery brown wing covers and five tufts of white hair on each side of the abdomen.