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Jun152010

Green Beetles

DateTue 2010-06-15

A male Oedemera nobilis (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae).  Only the males in this species have the swollen rear femurs.  This is a female:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-30 (the male) and 2010-05-31 (the female).

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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