Small Yellow Feet, pt. 2 - _TNY_1834
This little beauty with a blueish metallic sheen and a finely punctated elytra is a Chrysolina varians leaf beetle. The host plant is St John's wort (Hypericum sp.) but here it is sitting at the edge of a leaf of a rhodendron.
Looking closely at its feet, you can notice they are dirty with yellow pollen which is there because it sat on a different plant first but didn't like it and after opening it's elytra and displaying a wonderful pair of orange wings it flew off.
Not sure if this is a guy or a girl. They are quite variable in colour and can be green, bronze, reddish or blueish black but it doesn't seem to be connected with which sex it is.
Small Yellow Feet, pt. 2 - _TNY_1834
This little beauty with a blueish metallic sheen and a finely punctated elytra is a Chrysolina varians leaf beetle. The host plant is St John's wort (Hypericum sp.) but here it is sitting at the edge of a leaf of a rhodendron.
Looking closely at its feet, you can notice they are dirty with yellow pollen which is there because it sat on a different plant first but didn't like it and after opening it's elytra and displaying a wonderful pair of orange wings it flew off.
Not sure if this is a guy or a girl. They are quite variable in colour and can be green, bronze, reddish or blueish black but it doesn't seem to be connected with which sex it is.