https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-invasive-japanese-beetle-1.7590695

A #Kamloops, B.C., resident has reported invasive #JapaneseBeetles outside the city's downtown core — an area which is considered a containment zone for the foliage-eating species.

I overheard someone in passing say that Japanese beetles were eating all their figs* and while I didn’t go full comic book guy on them it took lots of restraint to mind my business and keep walking

*Japanese beetles are strictly controlled in California, figeater beetles are abundant and were cleaning up their overripe or damaged fruit, figeater beetles cannot go after whole figs

My trap line haul so far this summer! #japanesebeetles

Some photos of #japaneseBeetles. They are considered an invasive species in North America, but they're quite beautiful nontheless.