Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi
The beetle is just under a centimetre long, metallic blue-black in colour with cream or yellow spots on its red-bordered elytra.
Found on plants that are members of the Asparagus family.
June and July.
Life cycle revolves around plants of the Asparagus family.
Widespread in England and common where the host plants are available, less well recorded from elsewhere in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland depending on the presence of the host plants. There were a total of 10 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Gould
Leicester garden
02 June 2013
David Gould
Leicester garden
02 June 2013
Denise Stretton
Granitethorpe Allotments, Sapcote
13 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
12 June 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
02 June 2014
Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley Allottment
09 June 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Asparagus Beetle
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 02/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/07/2022 (Smith, Peter)
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Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley Allotments
03 April 2016
Denise Stretton
Granitethorpe Allotments, Sapcote
13 July 2014
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
02 June 2014
