By Pimpernel
Lancashire,
United Kingdom 
A Rosemary Beetle.
They are Feeding and breeding now, it is worth having a look through your Rosemary, lavender, Sage and Thyme. This handsome fella is an Ex Beetle.
2 Oct, 2011
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I consider insects mother natures jewels, evolutionary perfection-from a secular point of view that is.
2 Oct, 2011
Sorry for waxing poetic before. Getting down to business It it has spread from southern Europe and in greater numbers it is quickly becoming a pest destroying herb gardens.
2 Oct, 2011
I agree with your waxing Graterford. They are like jewels
2 Oct, 2011
Do you need to notify anyone if you find one?
14 Oct, 2011
No, Gattina, they're just part of the panoply of insect life, not a notifiable pest.
14 Oct, 2011
It seems to me that some of the prettiest ones do the most damage - we have iridescent emerald scarab-type beetles that are gorgeous, but the grubs kill everything in my summer tubs, and the adults eat the middle out of my rose blossoms.
14 Oct, 2011
You will have a wider range of insects there than we do here Gattina - although certainly its true we now have plenty of European invaders here now, lol!
14 Oct, 2011
Yeah, Bamboo, I'm sending 'em over on Ryanair :o)))
14 Oct, 2011
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