Stats

Lifespan: About 1 yr
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: East Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: Common

About

The Japanese Beetle is a scarab beetle with a striking metallic green body and coppery-brown wing covers, ringed by tufts of white hair along the abdomen. Accidentally introduced to the United States around 1916, a single adult can skeletonize a leaf in minutes by eating the tissue between veins.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Popillia
Species: Popillia japonica