Flea Beetle

Sphaeroderma testaceum

These are truly very tiny beetles with a size of approximatly 1-1,5 mm, they caught my attention because they jump around, 21rst August 2008, Nature Reserve Bourgoyen, Gent, Belgium

by bonitin Sep 24, 2008 10:07 PM

Here's a couple, they even jump around like that, lol! Larvae feed on Circium arvense and the like...

by bonitin Sep 24, 2008 10:11 PM

Sphaeroderma testaceum in Monegros, Spain

by Zaragoza Dec 15, 2009 10:07 AM

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Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Sphaeroderma

Species

testaceum

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