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.
Similar species: Beetles
By Pudding4brains
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Uploaded May 23, 2019. Captured in Koekanger Dwarsdijk 42, 7958 SV Koekange, Netherlands.
