Ragwort Flea Beetle - Longitarsus jacobaeae
This beetle is light golden brown in colour and between 2 and 4 mm long. It has enlarged femurs typical of flea beetles.
Feeds on the leaves of Ragwort, particularly Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
All year round peaking June to September.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 26 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Everards Meadows, Enderby
02 August 2023
Laverock
Leicester, Welford Road Cemetery
26 July 2023
Graham Calow
Clump Hill Fields, Broughton Astley
05 October 2014
male
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
15 August 2017
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
15 August 2017
AJ Cann
Knighton
26 December 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 05/10/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 26/12/2017 (Cann, Alan)
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David Nicholls
Everards Meadows, Enderby
02 August 2023
Laverock
Leicester, Welford Road Cemetery
26 July 2023
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
15 August 2017
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
15 August 2017
