Summary[edit] Description: English: Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica. Picture taken in Ontario, Canada. Date: 19 July 2014, 13:22:27. Source: Own work. Author: Laslovarga. Camera location43° 19′ 58.38″ N, 79° 53′ 55.65″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.332883; -79.898791.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Popillia bipunctata from Mozambique. Museum specimen. Date: 23 January 2015. Source: Own work. Author: Hectonichus.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Egg of the tachinid winsome fly (Istocheta aldrichi) on Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica). Tupper Lake, Franklin County, New York, USA. 44.2239° N, 74.4641° W. https://bugguide.net/node/view/726355. Date: 18 July 2004, 09:11:04. Source: Own work. Author: Beatriz Moisset.
This Japanese beetle was taking shelter from the rain inside a rose that it was probably chewing on for dinner. Their grubs live underground and eat lawn roots - as pretty as the beetles look like, they're considered serious garden pests.