Stage |
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Summary |
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Taxon |
Vernacular |
Classification |
References |
Darwin Classification of Active Taxon |
Active Taxon |
Active Vernacular |
Active Taxon Uncertain |
Active State |
Active Part |
Active Stage |
Relationship |
Relationship Uncertain |
Relationship Geography |
Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon |
Passive Taxon |
Passive Vernacular |
Passive Taxon Uncertain |
Passive State |
Passive Part |
Passive Stage |
Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon |
Indoors etc |
Season |
cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Sagittaria sagittifolia |
Arrowhead |
Alismatales: Alismataceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/ | Sagittaria sagittifolia | arrowhead | | | roots | | |
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adult (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic adult may be found on |
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Butomus umbellatus |
Flowering-rush |
Alismatales: Butomaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Butomaceae/Butomus umbellatus/ | Butomus umbellatus | flowering-rush | | | | | |
| (2-)4-9(-11) |
adult (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf |
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Potamogeton pectinatus |
Fennel Pondweed |
Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | adult |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/ | Potamogeton pectinatus | fennel pondweed | | submerged | leaf | | |
| (2-)4-9(-11) |
cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among |
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Potamogeton pectinatus |
Fennel Pondweed |
Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/ | Potamogeton pectinatus | fennel pondweed | | | | | |
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larva (gregarious) |
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gregarious larva feeds on buried root |
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Potamogeton pectinatus |
Fennel Pondweed |
Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | gregarious | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/ | Potamogeton pectinatus | fennel pondweed | | buried | root | | |
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adult (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic adult may be found on |
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Nymphoides peltata |
Fringed Water-lily |
Asterales: Menyanthaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | adult |
Plant / resting place / on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Menyanthaceae/Nymphoides peltata/ | Nymphoides peltata | fringed water-lily | | | | | |
| (2-)4-9(-11) |
adult (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf |
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Myriophyllum alterniflorum |
Alternate Water-milfoil |
Saxifragales: Haloragaceae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | adult |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum alterniflorum/ | Myriophyllum alterniflorum | alternate water-milfoil | | submerged | leaf | | |
| (2-)4-9(-11) |
cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among |
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Myriophyllum alterniflorum |
Alternate Water-milfoil |
Saxifragales: Haloragaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum alterniflorum/ | Myriophyllum alterniflorum | alternate water-milfoil | | | | | |
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larva (gregarious) |
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gregarious larva feeds on buried root |
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Myriophyllum alterniflorum |
Alternate Water-milfoil |
Saxifragales: Haloragaceae |
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | gregarious | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum alterniflorum/ | Myriophyllum alterniflorum | alternate water-milfoil | | buried | root | | |
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cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Bolboschoenus maritimus |
Sea Club-rush |
Poales: Cyperaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Bolboschoenus maritimus/ | Bolboschoenus maritimus | sea club-rush | | | roots | | |
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cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Carex |
sedges |
Poales: Cyperaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/ | Carex | sedges | | | roots | | |
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cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Schoenoplectus lacustris |
Common Club-rush |
Poales: Cyperaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus lacustris/ | Schoenoplectus lacustris | common club-rush | | | roots | | |
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cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Sparganium erectum |
Branched Bur-reed |
Poales: Typhaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/ | Sparganium erectum | branched bur-reed | | | roots | | |
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cocoon (subaquatic) |
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subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots |
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Typha angustifolia |
Lesser Bulrush |
Poales: Typhaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | subaquatic | | cocoon |
Plant / resting place / among | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/ | Typha angustifolia | lesser bulrush | | | roots | | |
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larva (gregarious) |
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gregarious larva feeds on buried root |
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Typha angustifolia |
Lesser Bulrush |
Poales: Typhaceae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/ | Macroplea appendiculata | a reed beetle | | gregarious | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/ | Typha angustifolia | lesser bulrush | | buried | root | | |
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