Crioceris asparagi - overwintering in a snail shell

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Ferdy Christant

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Wow only in this shot do I realize how small it is! Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  I was just about to write the same thing! It's so tiny!! Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Pudding4brains
    
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    These are not too bad really - I don't remember this one (years ago) but literature will have them at 5-6,5mm. The related Oulema obscura (both Criocerinae) is 3-4mm:
    
    Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

The Common Asparagus Beetle

The common asparagus beetle is an important pest of asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America. Asparagus is its only food plant. The beetle is about half a centimeter long, metallic blue-black in color with cream or yellow spots on its red-bordered elytra. The larvae are fat gray grubs with dark heads.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Pudding4brains