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Thick-legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera nobilis

The Thick-legged Flower Beetle is a shiny green beetle that loves to visit flowers. It has thick, strong legs that help it move around and find food. You can often see it buzzing around colorful blooms!

生息地: Gardens

外見

The Thick-legged Flower Beetle is a striking insect, typically metallic green, bronze, or coppery. Males are easily identified by their unusually swollen hind femurs, which gives the beetle its common name. This feature makes them distinctive among other flower beetles.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaColeopteraOedemeridaeOedemera
Thick-legged Flower Beetle
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Thick-legged Flower Beetle

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Males have big, bulging back legs that look like they lift weights!

Their babies live hidden in dead wood, eating it like tiny recyclers!

Their scientific name, Oedemera, literally means "swollen thigh" in Greek!

When threatened, these beetles sometimes play dead to fool predators.

特殊能力

能力

Pollen Power!

Thick-legged Flower Beetle helps pollinate flowers by carrying pollen on its body, which helps plants make seeds.

能力

Super Thigh Strength

Male beetles have thick, strong hind legs that help them firmly grasp females during mating.

能力

Shiny Armor Shield

Its metallic green exoskeleton provides protection against predators and helps it blend into foliage.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
12-20 mm
サイズ
8-10 mm
寿命
30-60 日
飛行速度
8 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

These beetles sip nectar and munch on pollen and petals from various flowers.

年齢による違い: Larvae feed on dead wood; adults feast on flowers.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Flower petals
  • Leaves

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Meadow Buttercup

Ranunculus acris

Transfers pollen between flowers.

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Helps these white umbrella flowers reproduce.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

A common garden bird that may prey on beetles.

eaten by

Cucumber Green Orb Weaver

Araniella cucurbitina

Spiders can catch beetles in their webs.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

These beetles are harmless, but it's always best to watch them from a distance.

よくある質問

Thick-legged Flower Beetleの翼開長は何ですか?

12-20 mm

Thick-legged Flower Beetleのサイズは何ですか?

8-10 mm

Thick-legged Flower Beetleの寿命は何ですか?

30-60 日

Thick-legged Flower Beetleの飛行速度は何ですか?

8 km/h

Thick-legged Flower Beetleは何を食べますか?

These beetles sip nectar and munch on pollen and petals from various flowers.

Thick-legged Flower Beetleは通常どこに生息していますか?

Gardens

Thick-legged Flower Beetleはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Thick-legged Flower Beetleの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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