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Definition of Japanese beetle in English: Japanese beetlenoun A metallic green and copper chafer that is a pest of fruit and foliage as an adult and of grass roots as a larva. It is native to Japan but has spread elsewhere, notably eastern North America. Popillia japonica, family Scarabaeidae Example sentencesExamples - The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.
- Adult Japanese beetles are voracious feeders, especially on sunny days, and seemingly indiscriminate.
- State and federal government agencies blanketed neighborhoods with poisons in an attempt to eradicate pests like gypsy moths and Japanese beetles.
- Adult Japanese beetles have a metallic green head and thorax with coppery brown wing covers and five tufts of white hair on each side of the abdomen.
- Free-range chickens, turkeys and guineas will feed on ticks and other pests, such as grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and mosquitoes.
Definition of Japanese beetle in US English: Japanese beetlenoun A metallic green and copper chafer that is a pest of fruit and foliage as an adult and of grass roots as a larva. It is native to Japan but has spread elsewhere, notably eastern North America. Popillia japonica, family Scarabaeidae Example sentencesExamples - The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.
- Free-range chickens, turkeys and guineas will feed on ticks and other pests, such as grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and mosquitoes.
- State and federal government agencies blanketed neighborhoods with poisons in an attempt to eradicate pests like gypsy moths and Japanese beetles.
- Adult Japanese beetles are voracious feeders, especially on sunny days, and seemingly indiscriminate.
- Adult Japanese beetles have a metallic green head and thorax with coppery brown wing covers and five tufts of white hair on each side of the abdomen.
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