Lesser bloody-nosed beetle
The lesser bloody-nosed beetle is a round, shiny beetle that can be blue-black, black or a purple-copper colour. It slowly plods along on the ground and on low plants. It has a funny name and a bigger cousin with almost the same name.
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Fun facts
It has a bigger cousin called the bloody-nosed beetle, which grows up to 18 millimetres long.
It shines in the sun like a little metal button.
It belongs to the leaf beetles, a huge family of beetles that all eat plants.
Most asked questions about Lesser bloody-nosed beetle
?Is the lesser bloody-nosed beetle dangerous?
No. It cannot bite or sting you. It is best to just look and let it walk on.
?How big is the lesser bloody-nosed beetle?
About 8 to 13 millimetres long, a bit bigger than a pea.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Timarcha goettingensis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Chrysomelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Small bloody-nosed beetle
Where the facts come from
- Timarcha goettingensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Slimguy. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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