Recent content by Meiwa

General googling is not giving me a habitat for Chrysochus asclepiades; my blue beetle was definitely in a damp area near an alpine stream. I did see occasional identifiable milkweeds in the pastures, but my beetle was in woods, at riverside. The following day I found a green iridescent beetle...

I’m actually a Floridian and I am currently in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. I came across an interesting beetle and I’ve been trying to identify it. Although trained in biology, my interests are plants and fungi, so beetles are a bit of an unknown to me. I am hoping someone can help me with...