Galeruca tanaceti
Size 6 to 10 mm. A shiny black beetle with dimpled elytra. Elytra wider at hind end, especially in the female, where abdomen may protrude beyond the elytra.
Roadside verges and other grassy places, often in quite dry conditions.
April to September.
Feeds on Yarrow and other composites.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were only 8 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Westfields Tennis Club
14 July 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby Pond
18 June 2018
David Nicholls
Ratby Pond
18 June 2018
David Nicholls
Westfields Tennis Club
14 July 2011
sue
Thornton Meadows
12 July 2020
David Nicholls
Westfields Tennis Club
14 July 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 14/07/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 12/07/2020 (Timms, Sue)
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