Nick Upton / Two Swollen thighed / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) males feeding on Hoary plantain (Plantago media) pollen on grassland meadow cleared of scrub to improve the habitat for bees and ot...

Nick Upton / Swollen thighed beetle / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) female feeding on Meadow hawkweed flower (Hieraceum caespitosum) pollen on grassland cleared of scrub to improve the habitat for...

Rod Williams / Male Swollen-thighed Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) On bird's-foot trefoil Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June

Bernard Castelein / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on grass seed head, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

David Kjaer / Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle / Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) resting on a Nodding / Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) flowering in a Pollen and Nectar flower mixture bordering a Barley crop...

Stephen Dalton / Thick legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) in flight, Sussex, England. June.

Nick Upton / Swollen thighed beetle / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) female, resting on Burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia) flower, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Thick-legged Flower Beetles (Oedemera nobilis). Two males showing variation in colour. Males have much thicker rear legs compared to females. Phototgraphed on a white background in mobile field studio...

Alan Williams / Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on Erigeron glaucus flower in garden Cheshire, UK, May.

Oliver Wright / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis). Great Preston, Leeds, Yorkshire, England,UK, June. Focus stacked image.

Neil Challis / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on bramble flowers, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, July.