Frog-legged leaf beetle

Sagra femorata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Chrysomelidae

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Frog-legged leaf beetle
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The frog-legged leaf beetle can grow up to about 20 mm long and males have very long hind legs that look like a frog’s.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males are much larger than females and have extremely long, strong hind legs that resemble those of frogs. The beetle’s basic colour is typically a metallic blue-green, though it can vary.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults can reach a length of about 20 mm (0.79 in).

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

Sagra femorata belongs to the leaf-beetle family Chrysomelidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Chrysomelidae)

Spotted Cucumber BeetleSpotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataDamages trees, gardens or cropsBean WeevilBean WeevilAcanthoscelides obtectusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCowpea WeevilCowpea WeevilCallosobruchus maculatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsSwamp Milkweed Leaf BeetleSwamp Milkweed Leaf BeetleLabidomera clivicollisDamages trees, gardens or cropsAlder Leaf BeetleAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniDamages trees, gardens or cropsDogbane Leaf BeetleDogbane Leaf BeetleChrysochus auratus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagra_femorata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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