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Monday
Nov222010

Leaf Beetle

A small blue and red leaf beetle, probably an Oulema sp (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).  According to Lech Borowiec's Chrysomelidae site, there are three northwest European species that look like this: Oulema duftschmidi, Oulema melanopus, and Oulema rufocyanea.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 3010-07-20.

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