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Rosemary Beetle

Chrysolina americana

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

Chrysolina americana can reach a length of 5–8 millimetres. They have a colourful elytra with metallic green and purple longitudinal stripes. The wings are quite short, so these beetles can not fly.
These beetle are feeding on Salvia officinalis.

Species ID Suggestions

Ružmarinova zlatica

Chrysolina americana L.
injica
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Comments (5)
Ursula
love the colors on this bug! :)
Jopy
hahaha hvala, očito da jest :)
injica
Hah, malo si mu obrnula nazivlje, šta je bilo je pre kasno? :P

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Wildlife of Adriatic Coast

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PublishedMay 5, 2013

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