What trees does Japanese beetles attack?
Linden especially, also cherry, birch, crabapple, roses. Leaves skeletonised to lace, worst at the top of the tree, through July.
Outcome
Ugly, rarely fatal to an established tree. A mature linden can lose most of its leaves in July and be fine the following spring.
Indiana specifics
Every July, reliably. Linden and crabapple get hit hardest here.
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