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.

Will Watson / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and Pollen Beetles (Meligethes aeneus) on Field Rose (Rosa arvensis), Herefordshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged / Swollen-thighed flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) sunning on Cranesbill petal in a garden planted with flowers to attract pollinators, Watch Tower B&B, Dungeness, Kent, UK.

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...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male, Orvieto, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) Orvieto, Italy, May

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

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

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

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 / False blister beetle (Chrysanthia viridissima) grooming its front leg while standing on Rock rose (Cistus sp) petal, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.

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.

Nick Upton / Red-necked false blister beetle (Ischnomera sanguinicollis) feeding on a variegated mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

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

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

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.

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

Neil Challis / Female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on field rose (Rosa avensis) flower, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Swollen-thighed / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) adult male beetle on red flower of a long-headed poppy (Papaver dubium)

Nigel Cattlin / Swollen-thighed or thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) adult male beetle on red flower of a long-headed poppy (Papaver dubium)

Nigel Cattlin / Swollen-thighed / Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) adult male beetle on yellow and white flower of am ox-eye daisy

Linda Pitkin / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), rare white variety, with Thick legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) Albury Downs, Surrey, England, June.

Rod Williams / Swollen-thighed flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) male, New Cross Cutting, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / False blister beetle (Ischnomera cyanea) Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May.