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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 623 No. 623 |

Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle
Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Fasta fastuosa) – species of family “Leaf Beetles“

Chrysolina fastuosa, also known as the dead-nettle leaf beetle, is a species of beetle from a family of Chrysomelidae found in Europe, Caucasus and northern Turkey.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

„Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily