Pollen Beetle - Meligethes Aeneus
Taken at Belhaven Bay on 28th July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File


Pollen Beetle - Meligethes Aeneus.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Meligethes aeneus.
Coleoptera.
Nitidulidae.
Larval Food:

Adult Food:
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Feature:
 		The larvae feed on the sexual parts of flowers of plants in the Cabbage family, causing the flower to abort.
Pollen and nectar on almost any yellow plant, in particular, oilseed rape.
2 - 3 mm.
Spring - Late Autumn.
Attracted to most things yellow, including clothing and tennis balls!