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milky disease
milky diseasen. A disease of the larvae of Japanese beetles and other scarab beetles that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus popilliae and turns the larvae a milky white color. Also called milky spore disease.milky disease
milky disease[′mil·kē di‚zēz] (invertebrate zoology) A bacterial disease of Japanese beetle larvae or related grubs caused by Bacillus papilliae and B. lentimorbus that penetrate the intestine and sporulate in the body cavity; blood of the grub eventually turns milky white. |