The Japanese beetle is brilliantly colored, oval, and less than half an inch long. Wing colors are coppery with fine lines that run the length of its wing cases, and the body is a beautiful metallic green. The five tufts of white hairs projecting from under the wing covers on each side and the two patches of white hairs at the tip of the abdomen are the distinguishing characteristics. Adults feed in the daytime from early June to Labor Day. They devour leaves as well as flowers. Leaf tissue is eaten between the veins so that the foliage looks somewhat like lace.