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Black beetles
Caroray
Posts: 1
Hi there
we have just moved into a house and fairly new to the gardening thing
. We have a lovely tree with purple leaves and it's literally covered in black beetles who are munching their way through it. As soon as we shake them off, they re appear the next day
HELP
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Posts
I think it may be the Alder Leaf Beetle https://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=768
Scroll down to the 'Are there other dark blue beetles?' section.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.