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title: "Common Malachite-beetle"
description: "Malachius bipustulatus — Insetti e ragni. Malachius bipustulatus, the malachite beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-malachite-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Malachite-beetle

> Malachius bipustulatus — Insetti e ragni. Malachius bipustulatus, the malachite beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae.

- Scientific name: *Malachius bipustulatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 11208
- Wikidata: [Q232703](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232703)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326491)

## Names

- en: Common Malachite-beetle
- de: Zweifleckiger Zipfelkäfer
- fr: Malachie à deux points
- pl: Bęblik dwuplamek

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1556), GB (1019), FR (853), RU (588), AT (366), LU (228), BE (179), NL (157), PL (130), CZ (129), FI (114), CH (112)

## Summary

Malachius bipustulatus, the malachite beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae.
The body is 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long, the head and pronotum are brownish, while elytrae are shining metallic green with a bright red spot at the end. Along the sides of the abdomen this species has a peculiar structure with orange pouches.
These beetles mainly inhabit meadows at low altitudes. During the day they stay on herbs and flowers, including flowers of garden plants, mainly on Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae species, where they feed on pollen, nectar…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachius_bipustulatus

## Photo

![Common Malachite-beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-malachite-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217229496

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-malachite-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).