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 this beetle which was feeding and mating on Petasites albus, White Butterbur. It appears to be Chrisolina corulans, but it was not on mint and I saw no mint in the area. I did find one reference online to this beetle photographed on a composite daisy like plant, also in Switzerland. Does anyone have any comments? Thank you.
Hello from Switzerland
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Welcome! They do look like Chrysolina coerulans but I wonder if they could also be Chrysochus asclepiades? This one is throwing me off a bit.
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 on apple blossom; this one would seem to be more common. Cetonia aurata? This beetle was much larger and chunkier than the one on the White Butterbur.
The following day I found a green iridescent beetle on apple blossom; this one would seem to be more common. Cetonia aurata? This beetle was much larger and chunkier than the one on the White Butterbur.
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Looks like it! Awesome finds for sure Meiwa!