Flea Beetle- Altica Lythri
Taken at Belhaven Bay on 28th July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File



Flea Beetle - Altica Lythri.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Altica lythri.
Coleoptera.
Chrysomelidae.
Food:
Length:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		Leaves of willowherb and  water primroses.
5 mm

Summer months.
They hibernate in winter. This flea beetle is almost identical to Altica palustris  and can only be distinguished by dissection.