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  • Image: Deer Damage 1

    Credit: S. Wold-Burkness, U of MN

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green arrowRabbit/Deer

  • Both deer and rabbits can completely remove leaf, leaving the petiole behind
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  • Image: Polydrusus Weevils 1

    Credit: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Polydrusus Weevils 2

    Credit: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Polydrusus Weevils 2

    Credit: Jeff Hahn, U of MN

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green arrowPolydrusus Weevils
Polydrusus spp.

  • Adult feeding results in notches on edges of leaves
  • Adults are 1/4 inch long, black, and are covered with metallic green scales
  • Adults are active in late May, and can be found throughout the summer
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  • Image: Japanese Beetle 1

    Credit: Jeff Hahn, U of MN

  • Image: Japanese Beetle 2

    Credit: E.C. Burkness, U of MN

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green arrowJapanese Beetle
Popillia japonica

  • Adults skeletonize leaves, i.e. chew tissue between veins, leaving foliage lace-like
  • Adults are a brilliant metallic green with copper-brown wing covers, five white patches of hairs on each side of the abdomen, and two patches of white hair on the tip of the abdomen
  • Adults present June-July, larvae present late summer through following spring
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