Standard Beetles

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Beetles are one of the largest orders of insects, with 350,000 – 400,000, making up about 40% of all insect species described.
A single female may lay from several dozen to several thousand eggs during her lifetime.
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Japanese Beetle

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About 15 millimetres (0.6 in) long.
These insects damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, consuming only the leaf material between the veins.
In America it is a serious pest of about 200 species of plants, including rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, and others.
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Powder Post Beetle

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Ther are several species and range about 4 - 19 millimetres (1/8 - 3/4 in) long.
These insects damage wood as their larvae create narrow tunnels in wood as they feed.
Larvae bore into the wood, emerging as adults 1-5 years later.
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