Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala

Easily the flea beetle that I encounter most often.

This species comes in two colour forms as shown here, but the black form vastly outnumbers the brown form in my experience.

2x Cabbage-stem Flea Beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 21st August 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 12th October 2019

male Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing aedeagus (flat and side views plus close-ups of apex in both views), St Mary's churchyard, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th August 2021

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing spermatheca, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 21st June 2019

5x Cabbage-stem Flea Beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 30th October 2022

5x Cabbage-stem Flea Beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 16th February 2023

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing hind tibia and spermatheca, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 17th September 2021

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2019

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing spermatheca, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 25th May 2019

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing spermatheca, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 27th August 2021

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing spermatheca, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 28th May 2020

male Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 24th June 2019

male Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 25th May 2019

male Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 8th September 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 14th August 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 17th February 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 21st February 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 22nd September 2018

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 29th September 2020

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing spermatheca, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 5th September 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st September 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 21st June 2024

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 30th October 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, St Mary's churchyard, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 19th July 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Ling Plantation, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 12th April 2022

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 12th October 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 14th September 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 16th February 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 19th December 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing hind tarsus, pronotum and elytral epipleuron, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 19th March 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 2nd April 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 21st September 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 22nd November 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 25th October 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 26th April 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 27th September 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 29th July 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 30th June 2022

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 6th June 2019

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th February 2026

2x Cabbage-stem Flea Beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 7th March 2020

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th July 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 8th September 2021

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 19th September 2025

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 17th March 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 30th April 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 8th October 2023

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 18th-27th November 2022

Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 27th November 2022

second Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 27th November 2022

My photo of the live beetle has become corrupted so I've only got these bits to share.

female Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala showing hind tibia and spermatheca, Broom Green to Ryburgh Road, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 9th October 2021