....and yet another stranger to me! Little bugs about woodlouse size but fluorescent colouring. I have a feeling They should be removed to next door via the flight path over the fence. (empty house) :angel11:
Please can anyone help identify them? I can post a photo next time I find one if necessary, but I hope someone will know by my description.
could be shield beetles
No HD, it's smooth and the same shape and size as a wood lice. It's colours are very iridescent , blues and greens. Very pretty.
Do they fly?
I was wondering if they were these:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Garden+chafer+phyllopertha+horticola&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9lKIU8WzBYmsOK3FgNgC&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=674
No again Pauline. They look like an iridescent bead when they first catch your eye. I will have a bit more time tomorrow and will try to take a pic.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/Emagggie/imagejpg1-1.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Emagggie/media/imagejpg1-1.jpg.html)
These are they! On a sage leaf, I gave it a prod to see if it would fly but it didn't, it played dead and fell off. No more than 1/2 cm long.
Many of these are round bodied and iridescent. See if one matches. http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species-gallery/nojs/4667 (http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species-gallery/nojs/4667)
Ha! It could very well be the Chrisolina Fatuosa (?) Thanks Gordonmull. :toothy10: