Sunday
Apr012012
Flea Beetle
Sun 2012-04-01 
What I think is a willow flea beetle, Crepidodera aurata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Apparently the swollen hind femora enable it to jump like a flea. This is probably a female because the males have black wing-cases.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-11-03.
