#3458 · 🪲 beetles

Japanese Beetle

🇳🇱 Japanse kever ·Popillia japonica

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Japanese beetle ( Popillia japonica ) is a common species of beetle. 4 in) wide, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head. It is not very destructive in Japan, where it is controlled by natural predators, but in North America, it is a noted pest of about 200 species of plants including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees, and others.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 88,202iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
88,202 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Newman in 1841 (185 years ago).