Brooklime Leaf Beetle - Prasocuris junci
Size: 4 to 5 mm. Prasocuris junci is a very dark metallic blue or occasionally dark green beetle.
Water margins where Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) and Water-speedwells are present.
Late March to early September.
Prasocuris junci grazes on leaf of Veronica beccabunga and Water-speedwells.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 28 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Ratby
18 May 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brooklime Leaf Beetle
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 18/05/2017 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 30/05/2023 (Calow, Graham)
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