Discover some naughty flea beetles

Don’t let their tiny size fool you; these miniature, metallic gems are equipped with powerful spring-loaded legs that can catapult them into the air at the speed of a lightning bolt.

You see me, now you don’t: The evasive nature of the rainforest flea beetle 

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

You see me, now you don’t: The evasive nature of the rainforest flea beetle 

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

La Perla encounters: Capturing a Lactina flea beetle before it jumped

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

La Perla encounters: Capturing a Lactina flea beetle before it jumped

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Cute shiny flea beetle in the city park of Puyo, Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Cute shiny flea beetle in the city park of Puyo, Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A four-spotted flea beetle encountered in a rainforest on the Ecuadorian coast

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A four-spotted flea beetle encountered in a rainforest on the Ecuadorian coast

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A colourful flea beetle in the Andean highland of Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A colourful flea beetle in the Andean highland of Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A nice flea beetle encountered in the Mindo valley of Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

A nice flea beetle encountered in the Mindo valley of Ecuador

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

The miniature master of catapult: The flea beetle of La Perla

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

The miniature master of catapult: The flea beetle of La Perla

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

The first encounter with a tropical flea beetle in Ecuador 

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)

The first encounter with a tropical flea beetle in Ecuador 

Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
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