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πŸͺ² Beetles

Metallic Eumolpine Beetle

Chrysochus asclepiadeus

About

A brilliant metallic dark blue to violet beetle closely related to the North American dogbane beetles. It is found on vincetoxicum and other Asclepiadaceae in the mountains of Europe.

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Did You Know?

Like its North American relatives on milkweed, it sequesters toxic cardiac glycosides from its host plant to deter predators.