Thread subject: Diptera.info :: chrysomelidae beetle?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-10-2006 18:08
#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? Smile

static.flickr.com/115/266998465_63b6030dd7_b.jpg

more bigger:
http://www.flickr...465&size=o

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-10-2006 18:55
#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 11-10-2006 23:05
#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 13:35
#4
Chrysolina bankii
Best regards
Frank

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-10-2006 01:09
#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 01:10
#6
thanks Juergen and Koehler! Smile