Oedemera nobilis

The insect with swollen thighs…🪲🌼
This elongated-bodied beetle has a beautiful metallic green color, often with golden or coppery highlights. It measures 7-10 mm in length, and the male is characterized by greatly enlarged hind leg femurs. In spring and summer, it feeds on the pollen and nectar of various flower species 🌸🌼, particularly favoring the common daisy and umbellifers.
Adults can be observed in large numbers, but the larvae are more difficult to find as they hide in the dead wood of various plants.
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The name Oedemera derives from Greek, meaning swollen thigh; nobilis, meaning noble, always refers to the legs and evokes the puffed pants of nobles 🤴 from past centuries.
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