Contact: Maria C. Zacharias
mzachari@nsf.gov
703-292-8070
National Science Foundation
Caption: In its larval and adult stages, the Japanese beetle is responsible for more than $450 million in damage to trees, crops and grasses annually in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Credit: Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology
Usage Restrictions: None
Related news release: Where are you now, my love?