| Chrysolina
fastuosa is a stunning beetle and a species which,
despite some people telling us it's common, it
certainly does'nt seem to be. Despite knowing of one site
at Shelford in the Trent Valley where it can be found on
White Dead-nettle (Lamium album) we searched everywhere and went for nearly two years, before finding
numerous adults on Common Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis
tetrahit) growing by the River
Meden in early July 2011 and May 2012. Since then, it has turned up at a
number of sites, including Besthorpe, Stoke Bardolph, Thieves Wood and
Holborn Hill Plantation. |
