Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...
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Nigel Cattlin / Pollen beetles (Brassicogethes aeneus) on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis). Berkshire, England, UK. July.
Nigel Cattlin / Field rose (Rosa arvensis) with Pollen beetles (Brassicogethes aeneus) on petals and anthers. Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Heather Angel / Common pollen beetle (Brassicogethes aeneus), group feeding on pollen in Dog rose (Rosa canina) flower. Pollen picked up all over body and transferred to other flowers. Hampshire, England, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae) and a Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis),...
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Nick Upton / Thick-legged flower beetle / False blister beetle (Oedemera femoralis) male on Ivy (Hedera helix) flowers at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.
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Rod Williams / Female Thick-kneed flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) warming up on Common ragwort, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, June.
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Neil Challis / Green malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on grass pollen, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, May. Macro.
