Japanese beetle
culminating in large patches of dead, brown grass that appears in late summer or early autumn. Secondary damage from mammals and birds digging for grubs can [...] grubs on roots of maize, beans, tomatoes, strawberries, nursery seedlings, or other crops reduces their vitality and yield and sometimes kills the plants [...] Japanese beetle are about 1.5 mm long, pearly white and oblong. They absorb water from the soil, becoming spherical and nearly doubling in size within a week