Russell Cooper / Male Pollen / Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on flowering foodplant, Morden, South London, London, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Thick-legged flower beetle {Oedemera nobilis} on Corn marigold {Chrysanthemum segetum}, Cornwall. UK. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition

Ross Hoddinott / Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum), Crantock, near Newquay, Cornwall, UK. June

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Thick-legged flower beetle / Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) found feeding on Beaked hawksbeard (Crepis vesicaria) flower during Arnos Vale Cemetery Bioblitz, with stone cross and gravestone...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Thick-legged flower beetle / Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on Beaked hawksbeard (Crepis vesicaria) pollen, found during Bioblitz survey at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK,...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on Beaked hawksbeard (Crepis vesicaria) flower as members of the public walk past during Arnos Vale Cemetery Bioblitz, Bristol, UK, May 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Member of the public inspecting a male Thick-legged flower beetle / Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) held carefully in a hand during Arnos Vale Cemetery Bioblitz, Bristol, UK, May 2012

Andy Sands / Thick legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis)bottom, with Sawfly (Symphyta sp) on Ox eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) Bedfordshire, England, UK, May

MYN / Niall Benvie / Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, UK May 2012 BioBlitz, meetyourneighbours.net project

Niall Benvie / Composite of insects, arachnids and plants found on the Arnos Vale BioBlitz, Bristol, UK, June 2012 meetyourneighbours.net project. Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata), Ivy (Hedera helix), Green...

Andy Sands / Flower Beetle (Oedemera lurida) gravid female cleaning antennae. Bedfordshire, England, June.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Hawkweed flolwer (Hieracium sp) with Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, May

Nick Upton / Thick legged flower beetle (Oedemera femoralis) taking off from moss covered treestump. Wiltshire, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera femoralis) resting head down on treestump. Wiltshire, UK, March.

Colin Varndell / Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on meadow cranesbill flower. Somerset, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male viewed from above on white flower, Hertfordshire, England, September

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) with swollen hind femora, on Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Potato capsid bug (Closterotomus norwegicus) feeds in back...

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) with swollen hind femora, foraging on Common hogweed / Cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male on poppy, note the swollen hind femora characteristic of males, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) female on Bertoloni's bee orchid (Ophrys bertolonii) Italy

Philippe Clement / Thick-legged flower beetle {Oedemera nobilis} on flower, La Brenne, France.

Premaphotos / Thick-legged flower beetle males (Oedemera nobilis) on Hogweed flower, UK

Premaphotos / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male on a Rockrose flower (Helianthemum sp) UK

Premaphotos / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male on Bloody cranesbill flower (Geranium sp), UK

Premaphotos / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male on Dog rose flower, UK