Kajirimai - Kajirimai

Japanese: かじり米 - かじりまい
Kajirimai - Kajirimai

...Fully grown, they are about 9mm long. They begin pupating in September and emerge as new adults between September and November, attacking rice grains in the later stages of ripening, causing "snatched rice." There is one generation per year, and while adults usually overwinter, slow-growing individuals overwinter as larvae.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "kajiri rice" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…十分に成長したものは体長9mm内外。9月ごろから蛹化(ようか)し,9~11月に新成虫となって出現し,イネの登熟後期のもみを加害し,〈かじり米〉をつくる。1年に1世代で,通常は成虫越冬であるが,成育の遅れた個体は幼虫で越冬する。…

※「かじり米」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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