Scarabaeidae

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Phyllophaga bruneri Chapin, 1932

Phyllophaga bruneri Chapin, 1932

Phyllophaga bruneri Chapin, 1932

Phyllophaga bruneri, the Cuban May beetle, is a scarab beetle found in the Caribbean and North America.

Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850)

Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850)

Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850)

Phyllophaga anxia is a large dark brown to black beetle found in North America that feeds on many common tree species.

Phyllophaga crenulata (Frölich, 1792)

Phyllophaga crenulata (Frölich, 1792)

Phyllophaga crenulata (Frölich, 1792)

Phyllophaga crenulata is a hairy species of scarab beetle found in eastern North America.

Phyllophaga cribrosa (LeConte, 1853)

Phyllophaga cribrosa (LeConte, 1853)

Phyllophaga cribrosa (LeConte, 1853)

Phyllophaga cribrosa is a North and Central American scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say, 1824)

Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say, 1824)

Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say, 1824)

Phyllophaga lanceolata is a North American scarab beetle species in the family Scarabaeidae.

Amphimallon majale (Razoumowsky, 1789)

Amphimallon majale (Razoumowsky, 1789)

Amphimallon majale (Razoumowsky, 1789)

The European chafer Amphimallon majale is an invasive scarab beetle pest of North American lawns with a one-year life cycle.

Amphimallon solstitiale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amphimallon solstitiale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amphimallon solstitiale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amphimallon solstitiale, the summer chafer, is a smaller relative of the cockchafer that acts as an agricultural root pest.

Amphimallon atrum (Herbst, 1790)

Amphimallon atrum (Herbst, 1790)

Amphimallon atrum (Herbst, 1790)

Amphimallon atrum is a Melolonthinae subfamily beetle species found in parts of Europe and Corsica.

Rhizotrogus aestivus (Olivier, 1789)

Rhizotrogus aestivus (Olivier, 1789)

Rhizotrogus aestivus (Olivier, 1789)

Rhizotrogus aestivus is a brown Melolonthinae beetle species found across several European countries and Russia.

Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801)

Lepidiota stigma, the sugarcane white grub, is a Southeast Asian native insect that attacks regional sugarcane fields.

Pyronota festiva (Fabricius, 1775)

Pyronota festiva (Fabricius, 1775)

Pyronota festiva (Fabricius, 1775)

Pyronota festiva, the mānuka beetle, is an endemic New Zealand scarab beetle that is a pasture pest and has traditional Māori uses.

Popillia japonica Newman, 1838

Popillia japonica Newman, 1838

Popillia japonica Newman, 1838

Popillia japonica, the Japanese beetle, is a Japan-native invasive scarab found across North America and Europe.

Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)

Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)

Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)

Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) is an Afrotropical beetle species with distinct black and orange coloration.

Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761)

Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761)

Anisoplia agricola (Poda, 1761)

Anisoplia agricola is a variable-colored beetle found across much of Europe and parts of Asia.

Anisoplia austriaca (Herbst, 1783)

Anisoplia austriaca (Herbst, 1783)

Anisoplia austriaca (Herbst, 1783)

Anisoplia austriaca is a cereal-pest scarab beetle with a two-year life cycle found across Eurasian steppe zones.

Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phyllopertha horticola, the garden chafer, is a common European chafer beetle that also lives across Asia into Siberia and Mongolia.

Anomala albopilosa (Hope, 1839)

Anomala albopilosa (Hope, 1839)

Anomala albopilosa (Hope, 1839)

Anomala albopilosa is a chafer beetle species native to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

Anomala cuprea (Hope, 1839)

Anomala cuprea (Hope, 1839)

Anomala cuprea (Hope, 1839)

Anomala cuprea is a nocturnal Japanese scarab beetle that feeds on a wide range of plant types.

Anomala vitis (Fabricius, 1775)

Anomala vitis (Fabricius, 1775)

Anomala vitis (Fabricius, 1775)

Anomala vitis (the vine chafer) is a Palearctic scarab beetle known as an agricultural pest of grapevines.

Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius, 1798)

Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius, 1798)

Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius, 1798)

Strigoderma pygmaea, the pygmy chafer, is a shining leaf chafer species in the scarab beetle family Scarabaeidae.

Strigoderma arbicola (Fabricius, 1792)

Strigoderma arbicola (Fabricius, 1792)

Strigoderma arbicola (Fabricius, 1792)

Strigoderma arbicola is a shining leaf chafer scarab beetle, known by multiple common names including sand chafer.

Mimela junii (Duftschmid, 1805)

Mimela junii (Duftschmid, 1805)

Mimela junii (Duftschmid, 1805)

Mimela junii is a shining leaf chafer species found in parts of Europe, active as adults from June to July on flowers.

Exomala orientalis (Waterhouse, 1875)

Exomala orientalis (Waterhouse, 1875)

Exomala orientalis (Waterhouse, 1875)

Exomala orientalis, the oriental beetle, is an Asian-origin scarab pest spread to North America that damages crop and ornamental plant roots.

Paracotalpa ursina (Horn, 1867)

Paracotalpa ursina (Horn, 1867)

Paracotalpa ursina (Horn, 1867)

Paracotalpa ursina is a hairy beetle species with varying body coloration and an adult length of 10 to 23 mm.

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