Thread subject: Diptera.info :: chrysomelidae beetle?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2006 19:08
#1
Hi
I took this photo today - 11th October 2006 - a Chrysomelidae beetle, I think...
ID please. Thank you!
any hint to very tiny thing behind beetle? :)
more bigger:
http://www.flickr...465&size=o
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2006 19:55
#2
Certainly a chrysomelid. If you know the plant it was on it might facilitate identification. And the tiny thing behind it might just be a beetle turd.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-10-2006 00:05
#3
Hello!
I think it's a
Chrysolina species, possibly
C. oricalcia. But I don't know whether there are additional similar species in Portugal, so let's wait for the specialists.
http://www.koleop...ehler.html
Posted by Frank Koehler on 12-10-2006 14:35
#4
Chrysolina bankii
Best regards
Frank
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2006 02:09
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Certainly a chrysomelid. If you know the plant it was on it might facilitate identification. And the tiny thing behind it might just be a beetle turd.
thanks Paul. I don?t know the plant. In truth, I didn?t care about the plant.. when I saw this little beetle.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2006 02:10
#6
thanks Juergen and Koehler! :)