Iridescent Poplar leaf beetles

[sloth]

Came across these earlier, look like rosemary beetles, but smaller. Very metallic green/iridescent, and munching away on the top layer of the leaves on this poplar tree. Any ideas what they are?

 

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[sloth]

Anyone?

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

lmao, you feeling the love mate!

 

no ideas, you wanna ask Lonsdale, he loves his bugs, little secret passion of his.

[sloth]

Ah ha! Not sure how often he checks the uktc, but if I can figure out how to post an image there it's worth a try. Ta...

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ah ha! Not sure how often he checks the uktc, but if I can figure out how to post an image there it's worth a try. Ta...

 

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[daltontrees]

Take your pick

 

BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants

 

Most likely a beetle (Coleoptera) and a leaf beetle (subfamily Chrysomelinae), possibly best candidate is Phyllodecta vitinella but it seems that there are abberations of most of the metallic beetles that make black ones look blue or green or bronze.

[sloth]

Cheers Jules. Haven't seen the brc site before, and yes, P vitinella does look a very likely candidate. The feeding pattern is quite specific, and I dont recall ever seeing them before.

 

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