Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica destroying a rose leaf

---

Toronto, Canada 2008: Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) are one of the most destructive garden and crop pests in North America. A pair are pictured here defoliating a rose leaf.

---

Size: 3563px × 4750px
Location: Edwards gardens Toronto Ontario Canada
Photo credit: © Steven Chadwick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, beetle, beetles, bug, chewing, copper, crawling, crops, damage, damaging, defoliate, destroy, destroying, droppings, eat, eating, feeding, fly, foliage, foreign, garden, holes, infest, infestation, infested, insect, insects, invade, japanese, japonica, leaf, leaves, pest, pests, plague, popillia, rose, ruined, shell, shredded, shredding, skeletonize, skeletonized, summer, winged, wings