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unknown bug - Popillia japonica
Copyright © 2009 galadial

unknown bug - Popillia japonica
Massachusetts, USA
June 6, 2009
Size: about 3 cm long
metallic beetle
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Contributed by galadial on 6 September, 2009 - 8:14pm
Last updated 21 September, 2009 - 7:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joshua P. Basham, 21 September, 2009 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Japanese beetles
These are Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica). An egg of Istocheta aldrichi, a parasitoid fly, is visible on the female. Please fix the date in your submission.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 September, 2009 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, brilliant, thanks!
Wow, brilliant, thanks!
… galadial, 6 September, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Japanese Beetles
I think the only similar beetles with tufts of white fur along the abdomen are Japanese Beetles(1). Check the species page and compare.
… John F. Carr, 6 September, 2009 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
thx!
thx!
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