Blue Leaf Beetle vs Spotted Brown Rove Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Blue Leaf Beetle	Spotted Brown Rove Beetle
Scientific Name	Colaspidema atrum	Staphylinus fossor
Order	Coleoptera	Coleoptera
Family	Chrysomelidae	Staphylinidae
Size	4-6 mm	14-18 mm
Habitat	Farmland	Forests
Diet	Herbivores	Predators
Regions	Southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia	Europe, Central Asia
Conservation	Least Concern	Least Concern

Blue Leaf Beetle

A small, oval, dark blue to black beetle with a slight metallic luster. It can be a pest of lucerne (alfalfa) and other legume crops across Southern Europe and North Africa.

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Did You Know?

Large populations can rapidly defoliate alfalfa fields, with damage often concentrated in specific areas of a field called 'hot spots.'

Spotted Brown Rove Beetle

A large, robust rove beetle with a brown body covered in patches of golden and dark setae. It is a ground-dwelling predator found in grasslands and forest edges across the Palearctic.

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Did You Know?

This beetle's powerful mandibles can crush snail shells, giving it access to a food source unavailable to most other rove beetles.