Oedemera nobilis (Scopoli, 1763)
(Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
GenusOedemera (thick-legged flower beetles)
FamilyOEDEMERIDAE (thick-legged flower beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle) :
1: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
25 May 2014 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Daisy flowers
Image 1: At daisy flowersImage 2: At daisy flowers (2)
2: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
3: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 6: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 7: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 10: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 11: Male - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 15: Male - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
4: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
7 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
male, visiting hawkweed flower
Image 1: Female - in situ - lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Male - in situ - antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Male - in situ - antero-lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 7: Male - in situ - dorsal view - enlargedImage 8: Male - in situ - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 9: Male - in situ - lateral view - enlargedImage 10: Male - in situ - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Male - in situ - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
5: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Yarrow
Image 1: Female - antero-dorso view - on yarrow - enlargedImage 2: Female - body - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - landscape - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlargedImage 5: Female - dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlarged (2)Image 6: Female - dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlarged (3)Image 7: Female - dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlarged (4)Image 8: Female - dorsal view - portrait - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Female - dorso-lateral view - on yarrow - enlargedImage 10: Female - dorso-lateral view - on yarrow - enlarged (2)Image 11: Female - dorso-lateral view - on yarrow - enlarged (3)Image 12: Female - dorso-lateral view - on yarrow - enlarged (4)Image 13: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - on Yarrow - enlargedImage 15: Female - lateral view - on Yarrow - enlarged (2)Image 16: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlargedImage 17: Female - postero-dorsal view - on Yarrow - enlargedImage 18: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged
6: Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
1 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Creeping Buttercup
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - grey background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - grey background (3)Image 4: Male - ventral view - grey background

Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oedemera nobilis (Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle)

A bright green beetle that is common on flowers. The swollen femurs of the male give the family the name of "thick-legged flower beetles"

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