Whilst trimming back the (rosemary) bush ….. .fnar, fnar ….. I spotted a couple of these guys:

Its a Chrysolina americana or Rosemary leaf beetle

The colours where incredible – real metallic shine – looked like a tiny hot rod 8)

Never seen one before.

Love nature

Nice pics, now show me some weevils. 🙂

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

I should add – not my pics – but are markedly better than the photos i took 😆

@ SR – Yes they are lovely little bugs 😀

they are very pretty

Not good for lavender or rosemary though!

Had this visitor in my garden a couple of weekends ago. We get them every year, but he seems to be about a month earlier than normal…

EDIT: Yes, yes, fence needs staining… etc etc…

You know what happens next.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSkC2Pjj-pE[/video]

Still need a like button for the original photo’s (whether there the OP’s or not) and Verses & Aracer’s 😀

I’d never noticed them until last year. Lots on our lavender. As above, not good for them. Don’t run fast so easy to catch and make for a satisfying squish……..

Had this visitor in my garden a couple of weekends ago. We get them every year, but he seems to be about a month earlier than normal…

You need to report him to these people. They may bring him a lady beetle…

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles/

Nice pics, now show me some weevils.

Well it’s one weevil

[url=https://flic.kr/p/9AuzV5]IMG_2201(2)[/url] by Irelanst, on Flickr

You need to report him to these people. They may bring him a lady beetle…

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles/
Already reported him, I log them on there most years. Never heard anything back though.