Months sighted in garden
Cow parsley leaf beetle
Chrysolina oricalcia
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Coleoptera
Rounded dark metallic blue-black beetle ca. 8 mm long. Antennae long and simple-ended. Pronotum smooth and with groove laterally. Elytra with rows of punctae. Several found om cow parsley flowers towards end of flowering season.