Originally Posted by Quarter Acre
Japanese beetles have been plaguing us here in the Midwest (USA) for several years now. Some years, not so bad, some local areas will have them bad while a few miles away hardly a notice. They can devour a fruit tree or decorative shrub of good size in no time. Wicked little eaters of leaves!

They are not dung beetles and about a quarter of the size, or smaller.

Exactly that, my friend a few miles down the road is getting her gardens hammered by those things while I've seen 5 total this summer in mine.