Chrysolina varians
Size 4 to 6 mm. A variable leaf beetle, usually reddish or greenish bronze in colour with finely punctate elytra.
Associated with St Johns-wort
Late spring and summer.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were only 5 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
04 May 2014
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 04/05/2014 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 13/07/2023 (Skevington, Mark)
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