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Following site inoculations, prevalence of O. popilliae at irrigated golf courses and parks in regions with a dry summer climate increased from 0% to 4.0% over 7 yrs, but establishment was poor at nonirrigated airports and parks. The pattern of O. popilliae establishment in Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Iowa, and Wisconsin were similar: O. popilliae was first found in densely populated or frequently visited areas, dispersing from there to some but not all sites within 20 k over the next 10 to 20 yrs. Dispersal of O. popilliae beyond 20 k was sporadic, and most likely due to the movement of infected beetles in sod or nursery stock. The prevalence of positive sites in 4 Northcentral and Midwest states increased from 11.9% in the first survey conducted in each state, to 70.9% in a second survey, 4 to 13 yrs later, although infection rates were mostly below 10% and still increasing at the time of the second survey. In conclusion, we recommend that golf courses, vineyards, small fruit farms and hops farms introduce O. popilliae as soon as possible after Japanese beetles are found to minimize the delay in biological control of Japanese beetle by O. popilliae in concert with other natural enemies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jee\/toag249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]],"date-time":"2026-07-30T11:56:42Z","timestamp":1785412602000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Increasing prevalence of\n                    <i>Ovavesicula popilliae<\/i>\n                    (Microsporidia), a pathogen of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in the Midwest and Northcentral United States from 1999 to 2025"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6257-1517","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Smitley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vera","family":"Krischik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota , St. Paul, MN,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3485-7363","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Phil","family":"Lewis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Pest Methods Laboratory , Buzzards Bay, MA,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshiko","family":"Nomura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Whitney","family":"Cranshaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2787-1784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carrie","family":"Deans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, University of Alabama , Huntsville, AL,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9010-7166","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilie","family":"Parkanzky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin , Madison, WI,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6558-9886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christelle","family":"Gu\u00e9dot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin , Madison, WI,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5740-4717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ann E","family":"Hajek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Entomology, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026082420262823000_toag249-B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1093\/jipm\/pmab043","article-title":"Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) invasion of North America: history, ecology, and management","volume":"13","author":"Althoff","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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