Green beetle for ID

[Kayleigh]

I found this on a weed I don't know what it is in my garden by the pond.
The green beetle looks like its eating the plant.
Can someone ID it for me please..






Thanks Elaine

[Jason Green]

Evening Elaine,

It's a Flea Beetle, family Chrysomelidae. Impossible to identify to genus/species without a specimen, I'm afraid - too many subtle features on too many sides! A real 3D-manipulation job on a pin

Take care,

Jason

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

Evening Elaine,

It's a Flea Beetle, family Chrysomelidae. Impossible to identify to genus/species without a specimen, I'm afraid - too many subtle features on too many sides! A real 3D-manipulation job on a pin

Take care,

Jason

Thank you Jason, will let it carry on eating the weeds lol

[Jason Green]

...yep, a good biological control agent I imagine!

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

...yep, a good biological control agent I imagine!

Yes, I only need about 400 more lol.

[oxycera]

Wonder if any coleopterists out there think this might be Agelastica alni?

[Jason Green]

...could be

The thing that made me think of an Aliticinae was the way I thought I could see the hind tibia positioned underneath what I thought was an enlarged hind femur - thinking similar-looking Leaf Beetles had the tibiae more distally-extended.

I was probably being a little too familiar with them

[oxycera]

Hi Jason, my suggestion was purely a suggestion - it may not be large or blue enough and of course is a great (introduced?) rarity and only recently found in the Manchester region and - dare I say it? - at a site near Barnsley a few weeks ago (see barnsleywildlife for a poor photo). So I just threw in the idea to alert people to possibilites really.

[Jason Green]

Just had a look at your website again - you've been making some great finds, haven't you! Lovely photos, too - I'll be back!