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Japanese beetle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES JAPANESE BEETLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Japanese beetle

Japanese beetle

The beetle species Popillia japonica is commonly known as the Japanese beetle. It is about 15 millimetres long and 10 millimetres 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 America it is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees and others. It is a clumsy flier, dropping several centimeters when it hits a wall. Japanese beetle traps therefore consist of a pair of crossed walls with a bag or plastic container underneath, and are baited with floral scent, pheromone, or both. However, studies conducted at the University of Kentucky and Eastern Illinois University suggest beetles attracted to traps frequently do not end up in the traps, but alight on plants in the vicinity, thus causing more damage along the flight path of the beetles and near the trap than may have occurred if the trap were not present.

Definition of Japanese beetle in the English dictionary

The definition of Japanese beetle in the dictionary is a scarabaeid beetle, Popillia japonica, that eats the leaves and fruits of various plants: accidentally introduced into the US from Japan.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JAPANESE BEETLE

Japan Current
Japan plum
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanese
Japanese andromeda
Japanese basil
Japanese cedar
Japanese Chin
Japanese flowering cherry
Japanese ivy
Japanese lantern
Japanese larch
Japanese persimmon
Japanese quince
Japanese red cedar
Japanese river fever
Japanese slippers
Japanese stranglehold
Japanese umbrella pine

WORDS THAT END LIKE JAPANESE BEETLE

bark beetle
bee beetle
beetle
black beetle
blister beetle
bloody-nosed beetle
carpet beetle
click beetle
dung beetle
flea beetle
gold beetle
ground beetle
hercules beetle
leaf beetle
potato beetle
rhinoceros beetle
rove beetle
stag beetle
tiger beetle
tortoise beetle
water beetle

Synonyms and antonyms of Japanese beetle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Japanese beetle» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

日本甲虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escarabajo japonés
570 millions of speakers

English

Japanese beetle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जापानी बीटल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خنفساء اليابانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Японский жук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escaravelho japonês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাপানি বিটল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scarabée japonais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kumbang Jepun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

japanische Käfer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マメコガネ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일본어 딱정벌레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Japanese beetle
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bọ cánh cứng Nhật Bản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜப்பனீஸ் வண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जपानी बीटल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Japon böceği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coleottero giapponese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Japoński beetle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

японський жук
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Beetle japonez
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ιαπωνικά σκαθάρι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

japanese Beetle
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

japansk skalbagge
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

japansk bille
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Japanese beetle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAPANESE BEETLE»

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Farmers' Bulletin
Japanese beetle Rose chafer Black rot Downy mildew Grape berry moth_ Grape leaf hoppers. Grape rootworm... Japanese beetle Red-banded leaf .roller. Black rot Grape berry { Grape leaf hoppers. Grape rootworm .Japanese beetle /Downy  ...
‎1970
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Persistence of BHC, DDT, and Toxaphene in soil and the ...
In studying the persistence of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides in turf treated for control of the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newm.) Fleming and coworkers (9) found that almost half the decrease in DDT residues occurred during the ...
Norman Allen, 1954
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Preventing Japanese beetle dispersion by farm products and ...
CONTACT SPRAYS FOR THE JAPANESE BEETLE. U.S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 280, 4 pp. 1936. PREVENTING INJURY FROM JAPANESE AND ASIATIC BEETLE LARVAE TO TURF IN PARKS AND OTHER LARGE AREAS. U.S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 403 ...
Walter Ernest Fleming, 1972
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Effects of Cool- and Warm-season Turfgrasses on Japanese ...
Chapter 1: Introduction to Japanese beetles in the United States The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), was introduced into New Jersey from the Japanese archipelago in the early 1 900s, apparently as ...
Tara N. Wood, 2009
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Silent Spring
I have yet to see a single Japanese beetle [in 1959] other than the few caught in Government catch traps in Detroit . . . Everything is being kept so secret that I have not yet been able to obtain any information whatsoever to the effect that they ...
Rachel Carson, 2002
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Plant Kairomones in Insect Ecology and Control
Attraction of Japanese Beetle to Mixtures of Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid Esters with Eugenol (9:1) • Data from Mcgovern et al. (1970) B. Eugenol Analogues The eugenol component of Japanese beetle attractants is very important, as eugenol  ...
Robert L. Metcalf, Esther R. Metcalf, 1992
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Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on ...
University of Kentucky, Lexington. KY 40546- 0091, USA Accepted: October 17, 1998 Key words: Japanese beetle, Scarabaeidae, food-aversion learning, host- plant selection, polyphagy Abstract lt is commonly held that food-aversion learning ...
Stephen J. Simpson, A. Jennifer Mordue, Jim Hardie, 1999
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Beetles of Asi: Japanese Beetle, Asian Long-Horned Beetle, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Root Feeders: An Ecosystem Perspective
(2003) also used plastic pots in a glasshouse to study the effect of the root herbivore Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Newman) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), and fungal endophytes on competition between turfgrass and dandelion, ...
Scott N. Johnson, Philip J. Murray, 2008
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Exactly Solvable Models of Biological Invasion
Probably one of the most famous cases of biological invasion has been the invasion of Japanese beetle in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. Although the exact date of its introduction is unknown, as it is often happens ...
Sergei V. Petrovskii, Bai-Lian Li, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JAPANESE BEETLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Japanese beetle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tips to get your garden on track in spite of the rain - 9News
Signs of Japanese beetle are chewed leaves and flower blossoms. This insect is one of the most seriously damaging pests in the landscape. «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»
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Dr. Dirt: Summer rains bring beetles back in force - Indianapolis Star
Dear Reader: The dry summers put the brakes on the Japanese beetle population. Summer rains have returned and so have the beetles. «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
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Gardening Q&A: Henry Lauder's walking stick felled by blight …
Q. I have had a Harry Lauder's walking stick in my garden for over 30 years. Beyond some Japanese beetle damage, there has never been a ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Summer insect infestations can be solved with simple measures
Several beetles in the scarab family, including the Japanese beetle and June beetle, can damage crops in the garden, both above and below ... «Scottsboro Daily Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Managing Japanese Beetles | Fulton Kentucky News
japanese-beetles The Japanese beetle is a devastating pest of urban landscape plants. It was first found in Kentucky on the southern outskirts ... «Fulton Post, Jul 15»
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Ask a Master Gardener: What's wrong with these canna lilies?
The edges of the leaves turning brown and having holes in them has me leaning toward a Japanese beetle problem. I have been hand-picking ... «Cecil Whig, Jul 15»
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A festival by any other name …
“We don't have Japanese beetle,” Dobson says. She seems to shudder, even in the July warmth. A rose garden scourge, introduced Japanese ... «Aurora, Jul 15»
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Don Davis: 10 facts about Japanese beetles - The News & Advance
Some years are better than others for Japanese beetle populations. Their numbers can go up or down due to the effects of weather, diseases, ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
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West central Michigan vegetable regional report – July 15, 2015
Japanese beetle activity has continued this week. Asparagus beetle damage due to larval feeding was visible in a young planting. Bean fields ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»
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Michigan chestnut scouting report for July 10, 2015
Japanese beetle adults are considered a generalist pest and affect many crops found on or near grassy areas, particularly irrigated turf. «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»

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