Beetle ID? (Carmarthen, Wales) (1 Viewer)

[DoghouseRiley]

Hi All

In a dim corner of a copse I found these two doing what beetles do best at this time of year.

I think they are leaf beetles and the only one I can find with a chestnut body and green head is Chrysolina polita.

Could someone please take and let me know?

Thanks, Gareth

 

[aeshna5]

Looks like C. polita to me. Were they on a labiate like Water Mint? I used to often find these with C. herbacea at Bookham Common.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Looks like C. polita to me. Were they on a labiate like Water Mint? I used to often find these with C. herbacea at Bookham Common.

I think the plant is one of the burdocks.

 

[aeshna5]

I think the plant is one of the burdocks.

Not sure that is a food plant but still agree with ID.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Not sure that is a food plant but still agree with ID.

Thanks Aeshna5

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Not sure that is a food plant but still agree with ID.

Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like a burdock. There were a lot around but that's not one. It looks to me to be a shrub/tree. Something like a hazel. I have another, looks like it is eating, maybe.

 

[aeshna5]

Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like a burdock. There were a lot around but that's not one. It looks to me to be a shrub/tree. Something like a hazel. I have another, looks like it is eating, maybe.

Impossible to identify the plant from a portion of leaf but this is certainly not Hazel. Pretty sure on the beetle ID which is what you really want.

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Impossible to identify the plant from a portion of leaf but this is certainly not Hazel. Pretty sure on the beetle ID which is what you really want.

No sorry. The original picture looked like it might be hazel. The second one shows one of them eating (I think).