''Oedemera flavipes'' is a very common species of beetle of the family

Oedemeridae The family Oedemeridae is a cosmopolitan group of beetles commonly known as false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family, mostly associate ...

, subfamily

Oedemerinae Oedemerinae are a subfamily of the false blister beetles (family Oedemeridae), also known as pollen-feeding beetles. The Nacerdinae are sometimes merged here. The phylogeny of this family is not robustly deduced in detail. While traditionally ...

. These beetles are present in most of

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and in the

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Their body is gray-green, dark green or coppery, while forelegs are yellow (hence the Latin word ''flavipes'') or reddish. The male of ''Oedemera flavipes'', as in most ''Oedemera'' species, possesses the hind femora very swollen, whereas in female the femora are thin. The adults grow up to long and can mostly be encountered from May through July feeding on pollen and nectar, mainly on

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species. They are a common prey of the checkered beetle, '' Trichodes alvearius''. The larvae develop in stems of herbaceous plants or in decaying branches.

Similar species

Oedemera nobilis ''Oedemera nobilis'', also known as the false oil beetle, thick-legged flower beetle or swollen-thighed beetle, is a beetle in the family Oedemeridae, a common species in Western Europe, including the south of England.Vázquez, X. A. 1993. ''C ...

References

* * Vazquez, X. A. 2002. European Fauna of Oedemeridae - Argania editio, Barcelona, 179 pp. {{Taxonbar, from=Q291959 Oedemeridae Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1792 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius