Blue Mint Beetle (1 Viewer)

UW82 · Dec 9, 2019

Are the attached images of a Blue Mint Beetle? I know that this particular beetle is scarce in the UK and considered a pest by gardeners.

Thanks.

Rico70 · Dec 9, 2019

From the photos you can see little. But maybe this is it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelastica_alni

UW82 · Dec 9, 2019

Rico70 said:
From the photos you can see little. But maybe this is it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelastica_alni

Thanks. The blue of the beetles looks quite different and the food plant is different too.

Rico70 · Dec 10, 2019

I'm not a beetle expert. I simply searched for images with google. But precisely, if you have the original photos you could improve them and search with google, waiting for the expert.

A greeting.

Ficedula · Dec 10, 2019

UW82 said:
Are the attached images of a Blue Mint Beetle? I know that this particular beetle is scarce in the UK and considered a pest by gardeners.

Thanks.

If by "Blue mint beetle" you mean Chrysolina coerulans? (always helps to include proper name), then your photos do not show this species or even this genus which look very different. They are, however, Chrysomelidae, probably Altica which would fit the plant it is on that looks more like Epilobium than Mentha.

UW82 · Dec 10, 2019

Ficedula said:
If by "Blue mint beetle" you mean Chrysolina coerulans? (always helps to include proper name), then your photos do not show this species or even this genus which look very different. They are, however, Chrysomelidae, probably Altica which would fit the plant it is on that looks more like Epilobium than Mentha.

Thank you.

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