Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Oedemeridae Scientific name Oedemera flavipes | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Genus Oedemera Rank Species | |
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Similar Oedemera, Oedemera podagrariae, Oedemera nobilis, Oedemera lurida, Oedemera femorata | ||
Mini documentario oedemera flavipes fabricius 1792 oedemeridae
Oedemera flavipes is a very common species of beetle belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.
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- Mini documentario oedemera flavipes fabricius 1792 oedemeridae
- Stehen lutonoh oedemera flavipes mpg
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These beetles are present in most of Europe and in the Near East.
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 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) long and can mostly be encountered from May through July feeding on pollen and nectar, mainly on Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Convolvulaceae and Apiaceae species. They are a common prey of the checkered beetle, Trichodes alvearius.
The larvae develop in stems of herbaceous plants or in decaying branches.