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The Rainbow Leaf Beetle is a small beetle belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. It’s notable for its striking iridescent coloration, featuring vibrant red, green, and blue bands across its elytra. Found primarily in European mountain environments, this insect is studied by entomologists and nature...

The Tansy Beetle is a metallic-green chrysomelid beetle belonging to the leaf-beetle family. It’s notable for its extremely limited distribution primarily along the River Ouse in England and Wales making it a rare species. Conservation efforts focus on protecting this unique European insect, particu...

The dogbane beetle, known scientifically as Chrysochus auratus, is an iridescent leaf beetle native to North America. It belongs to the Chrysomelidae family and is recognized for its striking metallic green or blue coloring. The beetle feeds exclusively on dogbane plants, which are toxic to many oth...

The Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) is an insect native to North America, belonging to the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. It is recognized by its dome-shaped body and vibrant orange, red, or yellow markings contrasted with black patterns. The beetle feeds on milkweed plants, tolerat...

The bloody-nosed beetle is a common name applied to Timarcha tenebricosa, a large, black leaf beetle found in parts of Europe. It is flightless, with fused wing cases, and usually walks slowly through grassland, hedgerows, and other places where its food plants grow. When threatened, it performs ref...

The green dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) is a small, metallic leaf beetle widely distributed across Europe. It is notable for its specialized diet, as both adults and larvae voraciously consume the leaves of dock plants and sorrel in wetland and grassy areas. The species exhibits distinct sexual...

The mint leaf beetle, Chrysolina herbacea, is a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae found in Europe and parts of western Asia. Adults are usually metallic green or blue-green, with a rounded body and strongly reflective wing cases. Both adults and larvae feed on plants in the mint family, especi...

The Klamath weed beetle is a leaf beetle used in the biological control of St. John's wort, a plant that became invasive in parts of the western United States. It was introduced to the United States during the 1940s as part of efforts to reduce the plant's spread. The beetle is a small amber-colored...

The common asparagus beetle is Crioceris asparagi, a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae and a pest associated with asparagus cultivation in Europe and North America. Adults are blue-black with pale spots bordered by red, while the larvae and adults feed on asparagus spears, stems, and foliage;...

The three-lined potato beetle (Lema trilineata) is a North American leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Adults have dark stripes running along their yellowish or orange wing covers, the feature behind the common name, and both adults and larvae feed on the foliage of potato, tomato, tomatillo a...

The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is a North American leaf beetle recognized by its yellow-green body marked with twelve black spots. Adults feed on the leaves, flowers, and fruits of cucurbits and many other crops and can transmit bacterial wilt and viruses such as cucumber m...

The cottonwood leaf beetle (Chrysomela scripta) is a North American leaf beetle. Adults and larvae feed on the leaves of cottonwoods, poplars, and willows, and repeated feeding can defoliate young trees and reduce growth. The species is recognized by its contrasting dark markings on a yellow, orange...

The striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) is a North American leaf beetle that feeds mainly on cucurbit crops, including cucumbers, melons, squash, and pumpkins. Adults are yellow with three black longitudinal stripes, while larvae live in soil and feed on roots. The beetle damages plants dire...

The elm leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta luteola) is a chrysomelid beetle native to Europe that has become a widespread pest of elm trees in North America, Australia, and elsewhere. Both adults and larvae feed on elm foliage, skeletonizing the leaves, and heavy infestations can repeatedly defoliate trees over...

The bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) is a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae native to North America and one of the most significant insect pests of soybean crops in the United States. Adults chew round holes in leaves and scar developing pods, while larvae feed on roots and nitrogen-fixi...

The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a striped leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and one of the world's major agricultural pests. Native to the Rocky Mountain region of North America, it originally fed on the buffalo-bur plant before adapting to cultivated potatoes and spr...

Willow leaf beetle is a common name for several small leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, rather than for one single species. Species called willow leaf beetles occur in genera such as Phratora, Crepidodera, and Plagiodera, and they feed mainly on willows and related plants. Adults may show me...

Northern corn rootworm is the common name for Diabrotica barberi, a beetle in the leaf-beetle family Chrysomelidae. Its larvae live in soil and feed on the roots of maize, interfering with water and nutrient uptake and sometimes causing plants to lodge, while adults feed on above-ground corn tissues...

Western corn rootworm is the common name for the beetle Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, a member of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. Its larvae feed mainly on maize roots, causing root pruning, lodging, and reduced support, while adults feed on leaves, pollen, silks, and young kernels. Native t...