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On an early July day, Amber Betts spent the afternoon in the community rose garden in Grandview, Washington. Several weeks earlier, invasive Japanese beetles had emerged in droves everywhere in Grandview, a town in central Washington’s Yakima Valley. The infestation had since quieted, but she still spotted a few insects: A cluster of fingernail-size iridescent green beetles, their coppery wings shining, were devouring a rose.
Unchecked, Japanese beetles’ numbers can skyrocket, and the insects can do extensive damage to plants, Betts, a public-information officer at the Washington State Department of Agriculture, told me. Cherries and hops, which collectively generated more than $800 million of revenue for the state last year, are among the 300 plants the beetles are known to eat. Although a population has taken up residence in Grandview, the beetles have not yet spread throughout Washington. Greg Haubrich, the manager of the pest program at the state’s department of agriculture, told me that officials are trying to eliminate the insect from the entire state. “We still do have a good chance of eradicating this,” he said.
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