Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle - Chrysolina fastuosa
Body length 5 to 6 mm. A stunning beetle which is usually metallic green with blue, red and gold banding.
On Dead-nettles and Hemp-nettles.
March to December.
Widespread, but quite local in Britain.
Local and infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 22 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015, but the Wigston Parva record of 7th May 2016 is the first VC55 record since 1989.
David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
11 June 2016
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
07 May 2016
on White Dead-nettle
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
11 June 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dead-Nettle Leaf Beetle
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 07/05/2016 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 08/05/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
11 June 2016
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
07 May 2016
on White Dead-nettle
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
11 June 2016
Graham Calow
Wigston Parva Footpath
07 May 2016
on White Dead-nettle
