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The Japanese beetle is about 1/2 inch in length and is metallic green with bronze-colored wing covers. They have white tufts of hair visible around the abdomen, just below the wing covers.
These beetles skeletonize soybean leaves, stripping away the tissue between the leaf veins. The larvae are white grubs, which apparently do little feeding on soybean roots, generally preferring grass roots. They overwinter in the grub stage and emerge as adults to cause damage in June and July. This beetle is found in parts of the Midwest and South. |
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