Donacia versicolorea
Size: 6.2 to 8.9 mm. The elytra can give a dark purplish or bronzy appearance depending on light conditions.
Other Donacia species.
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Various still and flowing water-bodies where there are Pondweeds (Potamogeton sp.).
Most likely to be encountered in July and August.
Associated with Pondweeds (Potamogeton sp.).
It is quite local in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 September 2025
Tim Sexton
Rutland Water Nature Reserve
17 June 2022
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 September 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 September 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
04 September 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 17/06/2022 (Sexton, Timothy)
- Last record:
- 04/09/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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