Bug FAQYellow-legged Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Oedemera flavipes · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Oedemeridae
Adult yellow-legged thick-legged flower beetles are about 9 to 11 mm long and have a gray-green to coppery body with yellow or reddish forelegs. Males have very swollen hind femora, while females have thin ones.
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How to recognize it
Male hind femora are markedly swollen; females have thin femora.
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Size
Adults grow to 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in) in length.
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Where it lives
Larvae develop inside stems of herbaceous plants or in decaying wood.
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Life cycle
Larval development takes place in plant stems or rotting branches.
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Where it comes from
The species occurs throughout most of Europe and the Near East.
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Lookalikes
It can be confused with Oedemera nobilis.
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More photos
Same family (Oedemeridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedemera_flavipes
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