Comments on: Calligrapha Leaf Beetle

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:28:19 +0000

I love the idea for this website!!! Its great.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:35:52 +0000

G’day – that’s a neat beetle you have there. We have one Calligrapha sp. here in Australia, Deliberately introduced (from Mexico) for weed control.

I enjoyed looking through your blog – particularly your Moths and caterpillars

Alan

By: Dan Neal

Dan Neal — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:48 +0000

Great photos and research, but I’m commenting to applaud you on your footnote. It’s awesome to see amateur entomologists contributing to The Science. You’re an inspiration to me and my wife!

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:24:34 +0000

It might be partly the light, but I think mine really did look more gold than the one in the link you posted. It probably is just a regional variation, though.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:51:01 +0000

Here’s another photo labelled as Calligrapha Alni:

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/80241309

note that it’s a lot redder and less gold; hard to know if that’s the light, or a different variety – the markings are strikingly similar.

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:13:41 +0000

Yep, that picture is pretty much as gold as it actually looked. They’re really noticeable for such a small beetle.

By: Bob W

Bob W — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:19:37 +0000

It does look like someone used gold leaf on a beetle. Is it really as gold as it looks in the picture?

(Maybe it is processing the trace copper in the area for that shiny metallic look?

Very cool looking beetle!