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title: "Thick-legged Flower Beetle"
description: "Oedemera nobilis — Insetti e ragni. 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 south and central England."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/thick-legged-flower-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thick-legged Flower Beetle

> Oedemera nobilis — Insetti e ragni. 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 south and central England.

- Scientific name: *Oedemera nobilis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 37864
- Wikidata: [Q1533325](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1533325)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61844](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61844)

## Names

- en: Thick-legged Flower Beetle
- de: Grüner Scheinbockkäfer
- es: Escarabajo metálico de fémur grueso
- fr: Œdémère noble
- nl: Fraaie schijnboktor

## Countries with the most observations

GB (14480), FR (7946), DE (5033), IT (3240), ES (2142), PT (1012), BE (941), NL (628), LU (486), CH (372), DK (223), HR (124)

## Summary

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 south and central England.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedemera_nobilis

## Photo

![Thick-legged Flower Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thick-legged-flower-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Round · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220677566

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/thick-legged-flower-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).