#mint leaf beetle

[firebugseverywhere]

Chrysolina herbacea

[onenicebugperday]

@greencheekconure27primary​ submitted: I got some mint for a mojito from my garden and found this handsome fellow in it:

(I put him back on a mint plant afterwards)

Ohhh I hope you offered them a mojito as well, just to be polite

[psikonauti]

Chrysolina herbacea (Mint Leaf Beetle)

[underthescopemineral]

Chalcopyrite

Cu1+Fe3+S2

Locality:

Usclas-du-Bosc Quarry (Loiras Quarry), Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France

Field of View: 2 mm

Chalcopyrite with iridescence effects.  

Bernard Bouissac's Photo

[onenicebugperday]

@philoursmars submitted: Verte sur vert, une (sorte de ???) chrysomèle, rencontrée à Kakuetta (Pays Basque). Dear ONBPD, may I ask you who she is ?

Philoursmars

What a lovely color! She’s precious. Definitely a leaf beetle, probably in the genus Chrysolina, maybe a mint leaf beetle, Chrysolina herbacea. They are often more blue-green than some of the other species in the genus! But they can be difficult to tell apart from just one photo.

[northwestnaturefreak]

90% sure its a mint leaf beetle orgy

I love bugs but seeing them grouped like this was viscerally repulsive

[mandaladana]

Mint leaf beetle.