Months sighted in garden
Blue willow beetle
Phratora vulgatissima
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Coleoptera
Small (5 mm) dark metallic-blue beetle with dark, pointed antennae. Pronotum straight-sided and sparsely dimpled. Elytra with rows of dimples, and with longitudinal lateral 'dent'.