PESTS OF RICE (BORERS AND FOLIAGE FEEDERS) :: Minor Pests :: Blue Beetle

13. Blue beetle: Halticia cyanea (Chrysomelidae:  Coleoptera)

A medium sized steel blue beetle often found in large numbers on rice but is harmless as it breeds on the common weed, Ammania sp., found in wetlands.

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