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Chrysanthia (Oedemeridae)

#AlbuferaValencia #insects
May 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM
jeremysell.bsky.social
False blister beetles (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) get their name because many look similar to true blister beetles (Meloidae). Unlike the Meloidae, however, most of these insects do not produce the irritating chemical known as cantharidin. Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 18 May 2016.
False blister beetles (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) get their name because many look similar to true blister beetles (Meloidae). Unlike the Meloidae, however, most of these insects do not produce the irritating chemical known as cantharidin. Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 18 May 2016.
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
martinefenn.bsky.social
Here’s the pretty blue(ish) Beetle Ischnomera cyanea. One of the Oedemeridae family. Spotted on one of our recent walks, much to my delight! #Beetles #Coleoptera
April 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
tasdeelt.bsky.social
#OedemeraCroceicollis is een keversoort in de familie schijnboktorren (Oedemeridae). De kever komt voor van mei tot juli.
#Natuur
June 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
calendulablog.eurosky.social
'Winzig klein' #FotoVorschlag

Ein Scheinbockkäfer (Oedemeridae)
Auf einer Distelblüte sitzt ein kleiner, langgestreckter Käfer. Er hat dunkelbraune Flügel, die Beine und der Kopf sind ockerfarben. Die Fühler sind lang, und dunkelbraun und ockerfarben geringelt.
June 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
cmhmaliani.bsky.social
No hay muchas plantas por aquí que sean polinizadas casi exclusivamente por escarabajos. Linum tenue (Linaceae) es una de ellas. Sus polinizadores son una legión de pequeños escarabajos de familias variopintas. Aquí dos muestras: Chrysanthia reitteri (Oedemeridae) y Anthaxia millefolii (Buprestidae)
Escarabajos pequeños de colores metálicos sobre flores amarillas
June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Poloni & Bologna. An updated checklist of Italian false blister beetles (Coleoptera, #Oedemeridae) with an open-source interactive website doi.org/10.21426/B6.... #Beetle #Beetles #Italianfalseblisterbeetles
Figure 3. Italian endemic Oedemeridae (habitus, dorsal view). Stenostoma cossyrense: Sicily (TP), Pantelleria, Specchio di Venere; S. melitense: Malta, Golden Bay; Oedemera (O.) melanopyga: Calabria (RC), San Nicola; Sparedrus orsinii: Emilia-Romagna (BO), Castel d’Aiano; Nacerdes (Xanthochroa) gracilis bellieri: Corsica, Ghisonaccia; Ischnomera sicula (paratypus): Sicily (PA), Piano Battaglietta
September 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
dcfitzgerald.bsky.social
False blister beetle or pollen-feeding beetle, family Oedemeridae. #nature #insects #biology #flowers
May 15, 2024 at 11:42 AM
jeremysell.bsky.social
False blister beetles (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) get their name because many look similar to true blister beetles (Meloidae). Unlike the Meloidae, however, most of these insects do not produce the irritating chemical known as cantharidin. Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 05/18/2016.
False blister beetles (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) get their name because many look similar to true blister beetles (Meloidae). Unlike the Meloidae, however, most of these insects do not produce the irritating chemical known as cantharidin. Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 05/18/2016.
December 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM
kujawiak.bsky.social
#MacroMonday #FlyDay #ECK #EastCoastKin
A metallic male thick-legged flower beetle (family Oedemeridae), most likely Oedemera nobilis, perches on the smooth white petal of a flower in this minimalist macro photo. The insect is sharply focused, revealing its iridescent body that shimmers with emerald, turquoise and hints of violet as the light catches its wing cases. Its long antennae extend forward, while its distinctive swollen hind legs create a striking silhouette against the pale background. The delicate texture of the white petal contrasts with the beetle’s jewel-like colours, while the dark green, softly blurred background isolates the subject and enhances its vivid metallic sheen.
May 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
tjalamont.bsky.social
Saw lots of these small beetles on flowers in the Mojave Desert last week. I think this is a false blister beetle (family Oedemeridae). Most were busy just doing regular beetle things, drinking nectar/feeding on pollen. #Bugsky 🐙🌿
A macro photo, side view, of slender beetle with fairly long antennae in yellow flowers, against a blue sky background. The beetle is overall black with an orange thorax, and is covered in fine, short, white hairs.
May 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
gabcody.bsky.social
I’m a thin skinned cosmopolitan writing beetle (oedemeridae) that pollinates plays for theatrical production. 🌱🧪💙📚
americanbeetles.bsky.social Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Jul 29
Tag urself, I’m the erotylid genus Pharaxonotha
Are you a dynastine scarab who pollinates arums and magnolias? An omaliine staphylinid who pollinates skunk cabbage? A primitive weevil who pollinates Australian cycads? An ephydrid fly who pollinates lotuses?
July 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
photomaze.bsky.social
”Blowin in the wind…”
The beetle Oedemera lurida in the meadow.
#oedemeralurida #oedemeridae #coleoptera #skalbagge #insevmctphotography #shakenandstirred #macrophotography #insectphotography
May 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
beetlequeen.bsky.social
It’s the perfect summer weather to be spotting members of the Oedemeridae, the false blister beetles. Beautiful metallic colours frolicking on meadow vegetation. This thick legged flower beetle is pumped! 🪲 💚 #InsectWeek
coleoptera.org.uk/family/oedem...
June 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Lee et al. New report of #Calopodinae ( #Coleoptera, #Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a #NewSpecies of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821 doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #Beetle #BeetlesFalseBlisterBeetles
Sparedus koreanus. A Dorsal habitus, male (holotype); B Ventral habitus, male (holotype); C Dorsal habitus, female (paratype) D Ventral habitus, female (paratype) E Male head F Male maxillary palp; G Male 5th ventrite; H-I Tegmen; J Aedeagus; K Female genitalia; L Female genitalia (enlarged); M Phylogenetic relationship within Calopodinae, based on COI; N Preliminary phylogenetic tree of Oedemeridae.
August 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
This week is @insectweek run by @royentsoc and your local burial ground is a great place to #standtallforthesmall and see how many of the UK's 24,000 insect species you can spot, like this Oedemeridae (false blister beetle).

#cfga #nature #environment #insectweek #beetle
False blister beetle on a ox-eye daisy in a cemetery managed for wildlife
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
forestladyruth.bsky.social
Swollen-thighed Beetle
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- this one was on West Yorkshire- not seen one before
June 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
haggewoods.bsky.social
ongoing excavations of my archives:
Oedemera
1. I have developed an ‘inordinate fondness for beetles’ ; Coleoptera, & especially, but not exclusively, the Oedemeridae. It includes Oedemera nobilis (Scopoli, 1763), Swollen-thighed beetle.
📷 By Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
January 8, 2024 at 2:08 PM
erickjm.bsky.social
'False Blisterbeetles'

Waarschijnlijk een schijnboktor (familie Oedemeridae).

Gevonden m.b.v. Google lens.
July 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
applewildlife.bsky.social
I’ve now reviewed my records of Oedemeridae. Just 1 record of Ischomera cyanea, lots of Oedemera nobilis (Swollen-thighed Beetle, aka Thick-legged Flower Beetle) & a few O. lurida. I’ve struggled a bit with the latter - seems to me that the keys overstate the difference in elytra gape. #UKBeetles
Ischomera cyanea, a rather lovely shiny green beetle Oedemera nobilis (Swollen-thighed Beetle, or Thick-legged Flower Beetle). Another bright green beetle, this one on a Goatsbeard flower. It’s a male so it has very swollen (almost ball-like) hind femora. Oedemera lurida, another elongate green beetle. This one’s a duller green colour and the elytra don’t gape as much as they do in nobilis.
February 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
moremilvus.bsky.social
😂

Hm.. Kann aber auch gut sein, dass die Bestimmung da daneben gelaufen ist... Die Art sollte eigentlich wirklich richtig grün sein. Evtl. ist es doch eine der anderen Oedemera-Arten🤷
Fotoübersicht der Oedemeridae (Scheinbockkäfer) Deutschlands - kerbtier.de
Die Oede­meridae (Schein­bock­käfer) sind mittel­große Käfer von gestreckter Gestalt. Die Männchen mancher Arten weisen verdickte…
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June 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
Nacerdes melanura (Oedemeridae) is an introduced species in N America, with most records from east, esp along Atlantic seaboard. Some accounts describe it as cosmopolitan. Couldn’t find it in general British insect books, perhaps not common there? 2/n
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Satellite map of world with records of Nacerdes melanura. From iNaturalist. Satellite map of New York metropolitan region and surrounding areas with records of Nacerdes melanura. Most records from Manhattan, NYC. From iNaturalist.
June 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
fungustom.bsky.social
Scheinbockkäfer (Oedemeridae) auf einer Hahnenfussblüte

📷 🌿 #NaturePhotography #Naturfotografie #invertebrates #wildlife #insects #nature #Insekten #beetle #beetles #Käfer
Ein blau-grüner Käfer mit langen Fühlern blanciert auf einer gelben Hahnenfussblütte. Ein blau-grüner Käfer mit langen Fühlern blanciert auf einer gelben Hahnenfussblütte.
May 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
I’ve come to realize that, although the Wharf Borer (Nacerdes melanura) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) appears to be fairly distinctive on this side of the Atlantic, in Britain, for example, the Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) (Cantharidae) could be mistaken for N. melanura.
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM