Japanese Beetle
Characteristics: The Japanese Beetle is a pest not native to the United States, let alone North America. It is believed to have arrived by way of ship from Japan into New Jersey in the early part of the 1900's. Since then, the beetle has made a home in most of the eastern states and occasionally pops up in other states from time to time.
The beetle is commonly identified by its very unique coloring. Appearing as an emerald dark green to black, the brown on the top of the insect give its identity away. This area of the body is also distinct in that it contains noticeable grooves running the length. Also identifiable are small tufts of white hair that seem to stick out from its abdomen.
Japanese Beetles are known for their destructive powers when eating off of cultivated or wild plants, trees, shrubbery and even vegetables. In particular, they are a pesky nuisance against innumerable plant types. Even in larvae form, the Japanese Beetle attacked the root of grass surfaces.
General Adult Size (Length):
8mm to 12mm
(0.31in to 0.47in)
Identifying Colors: green, brown, red, white
North American reach includes (may not be limited to): California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
Category: Beetle
Common Name: Japanese Beetle
Scientific Name: (Popillia japonica)
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Popillia
Species: japonica
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