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Oedemera nobilis - female

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Field Notes

Description:

Soft ; often metallic ; penultimate segment of tarsus bilobed ; often swollen hind femora on male.Are rather elongated insects, soft-bodied and often with a metallic sheen.
Order Coleoptera
Family Oedemeridae

Habitat:

The adults are generally flower- feeders but larvae are wood borers.

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Nice spot! Welcome to Project Noah Nelia!
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PublishedDecember 3, 2011

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