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Popillia japonica - Japanese Beetles
Scarabaeidae
Illinois, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2008

Pretty though it may be, the Japanese Beetle is one of the more serious garden pests in the northeastern United States.  Here a cluster of beetles skeletonize a grape leaf.
  

USA IL Champaign Co.: 
Champaign
40.120 N 88.275 W 230m
14.viii.2008

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens.