Green Dock Beetle
Female
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 25th May 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File


Green Dock Beetle.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Gastrophysa viridula.
Coleoptera.
Chrysomelidae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
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Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		The larvae can only completely develop on Sorrel species.
Dock and Green Sorrel, rarely feeding on other plants.
Male: 4 mm. Female: 7 mm.
Heathlands, forests, meadows, and gardens with the presence of Dock.
May - June.
During the mating season, females have enlarged abdomens