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...

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...

Nick Upton / Female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, E...

Nick Upton / Female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire,...

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),...

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged / Swollen-thighed flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on nectar and pollen on a Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) flower, England, UK. May.

Nick Upton / Thick-legged flower beetle / False blister beetle (Oedemera femoralis) male on Ivy (Hedera helix) flowers at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Rod Williams / False blister beetle (Oedemera lurida) female on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, London, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) before taking off, with a female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) nearby, Wiltshire,...

Nick Upton / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower, with a female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) nectaring on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower and being joined by a female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera no...

Rod Williams / Female Thick-kneed flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) warming up on Common ragwort, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, June.