Thick-legged flower beetle
Thick-legged flower beetle
A thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on the flower of an ox-eye / oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). They are a common and distinctive beetle in most of western Europe, especially Mediterranean regions (where they are also found in North Africa). Since the mid 1990s they have also expanded to the British Isles and are now quite common in southern England too. Only the males have the thick bulbous hind legs.
James Brunker
Image size: 5760 x 3840, 11.74Mb | Camera details: Canon EOS 5D Mark III | Date uploaded: 08/04/2021
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- Oedemera nobilis, Leucanthemum vulgar, oedemeridae, swollen-thighed beetle, male