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The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators , the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants.
The county is asking people to report sightings of Japanese beetles. You can call the California Department of Food and Agriculture Exotic Pest Hotline at 1-800-491-1899.
Others, such as the Japanese beetle, are plant-eaters, wreaking havoc on various crops and vegetation. Some of the well-known beetles from the Scarabaeidae are Japanese beetles, dung beetles, June beetles, rose chafers (Australian, European, and North American), rhinoceros beetles, Hercules beetles and Goliath beetles.
The best time to remove Japanese beetles is in the evening or in the morning when beetles on the plants are still cool and sluggish. However anytime that it can be done is still useful.
Cotinis mutabilis, also known as the figeater beetle (also green fruit beetle or fig beetle), is a member of the scarab beetle family. It belongs to the subfamily Cetoniinae , comprising a group of beetles commonly called flower chafers since many of them feed on pollen, nectar, or petals. [ 1 ]
Maladera formosae, commonly known as the Asiatic garden beetle and formerly known as Maladera castanea, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is native to Japan , China , South Korea , North Korea , and Russia but was introduced to North America in the 1920s where it is considered a pest of turfs, gardens, and crop fields.
Now a Japanese beetle has been found in a trap across the Columbia River by Hawthorne Elementary School, on West John Day Avenue and North Neel Street, in Kennewick. The insect was found about 10 ...
Regimbartia attenuata, commonly known as Japanese water scavenger beetle, is a species of water scavenger beetle [1] widely distributed in the Old World, [2] from northern Australia and Japan westward to the countries of Arabian Peninsula, including Oman and Yemen. It is the only species of the genus occurring in the Arabian Peninsula.