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Dead-nettle leaf beetle - Chrysolina fastuosa Doode Bemde. Belgium,Chrysolina fastuosa,Dead-nettle leaf beetle,Geotagged,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Dead-nettle leaf beetle - Chrysolina fastuosa

Doode Bemde.

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    Calbost Niel
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    But very much alive lol Posted 3 years ago
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      Hahaha! I think the name comes from the plant it is most often found in, Lamium purpureum. This plant bears ressemblance and locates often close by to to Urtica sp. (true nettles), but it does not sting, hence the name "dead-nettle". :-) Posted 3 years ago

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The Dead-nettle leaf beetle

''Chrysolina fastuosa'', also known as the dead-nettle leaf beetle, is a species of beetle from a family of Chrysomelidae found in Europe, Caucasus and northern Turkey.

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Uploaded Mar 25, 2022. Captured Jul 21, 2012 19:26 in Doode Bemde, Pastoor Tilemansstraat 17, 3051 Oud-Heverlee, Belgium.
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  • SP550UZ
  • f/3.5
  • 10/500s
  • ISO400
  • 9.84mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.