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Cylindrical Leaf Beetle

Cryptocephalus sericeus sericeus var. coeruleus

Description:

It is a species of cylindrical leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae. Its length is about 6-7 mm.

Habitat:

It is found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

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15 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you Noel :)

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Beautiful series!

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren, I like the picture where it eats too ;) Tnx Debbie and mendes that is the only blue I have ever seen ;)

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

nice i never saw a blue one!

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 10 years ago

What a brilliant shade of metallic blue, great find Injica and nice photos!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful beetle! Love the 4th picture best !

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you Gerardo, I love this color too ;) Tnx Benjamin

BenjaminKabel
BenjaminKabel 10 years ago

Shiny!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Very cool spot and series cool color

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you LandmarkExpert ;)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

beautiful photos!~

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you ;)

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Brilliant!

injica
injica 10 years ago

boja i nijansa "josipa" sa malim R u krugu :D

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

koja boja! zakon!

injica
Spotted by
injica

Croatia

Spotted on Jul 7, 2013
Submitted on Jul 7, 2013

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